Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN35: Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases

SN35:237 The Simile of Hands and Feet (2)

1"Bhikkhus, when there are hands, there is picking up and putting down …

"So too, bhikkhus, when there is the eye, pleasure and pain arise internally with eye-contact as condition … . When there is the mind, pleasure and pain arise internally with mind-contact as condition.

2"When, bhikkhus, there are no hands, there is no picking up and putting down …


"So too, bhikkhus, when there is no eye … no mind, no pleasure and pain arise internally with mind-contact as condition."

1"Hatthesu, bhikkhave, sati ādānanikkhepanaṁ hoti; pādesu sati abhikkamapaṭikkamo hoti; pabbesu sati samiñjanapasāraṇaṁ hoti; kucchismiṁ sati jighacchā pipāsā hoti.

Evameva kho, bhikkhave, cakkhusmiṁ sati cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati ajjhattaṁ sukhaṁ dukkhaṁ … pe … jivhāya sati … pe … manasmiṁ sati manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati ajjhattaṁ sukhaṁ dukkhaṁ … pe … .

2Hatthesu, bhikkhave, asati ādānanikkhepanaṁ na hoti; pādesu asati abhikkamapaṭikkamo na hoti; pabbesu asati samiñjanapasāraṇaṁ na hoti; kucchismiṁ asati jighacchā pipāsā na hoti.


Evameva kho, bhikkhave, cakkhusmiṁ asati cakkhusamphassapaccayā nuppajjati ajjhattaṁ sukhaṁ dukkhaṁ … pe … jivhāya asati jivhāsamphassapaccayā nuppajjati … pe … manasmiṁ asati manosamphassapaccayā nuppajjati ajjhattaṁ sukhaṁ dukkhan"ti.


Dasamaṁ.
Samuddavaggo tatiyo.

3Dve samuddā bāḷisiko,
khīrarukkhena koṭṭhiko;
Kāmabhū udāyī ceva,
ādittena ca aṭṭhamaṁ;
Hatthapādūpamā dveti,
vaggo tena pavuccatīti.

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