Saṁyutta Nikāya — Discursos Conectados — 35.60 — The Complete Understanding of All Grasping

1“Mendicants, I will teach you the principle for the complete understanding of all grasping. Listen …

2And what is the principle for the complete understanding of all grasping?

3Eye consciousness arises dependent on the eye and sights. The meeting of the three is contact. Contact is a requirement for feeling.

4Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with the eye, sights, eye consciousness, eye contact, and feeling. Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. When they are liberated, they understand: ‘I have completely understood grasping.’

5Ear consciousness arises dependent on the ear and sounds. …

6Nose consciousness arises dependent on the nose and smells. …

7Tongue consciousness arises dependent on the tongue and tastes. …

8Body consciousness arises dependent on the body and touches. …

9Mind consciousness arises dependent on the mind and ideas. The meeting of the three is contact. Contact is a requirement for feeling.

10Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with the mind, ideas, mind consciousness, mind contact, and feeling. Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. When they are liberated, they understand: ‘I have completely understood grasping.’

11This is the principle for the complete understanding of all grasping.”