{"id":"sn35.72","title":"Six Fields of Contact (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn35.72","title":"Six Fields of Contact (2nd)","units":[{"id":"sn35.72:0","sourceIds":["sn35.72:0.1","sn35.72:0.2","sn35.72:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.72\n7. Migajālavagga\nDutiyachaphassāyatanasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 35.72\n7. With Migajāla\nSix Fields of Contact (2nd)"}},{"id":"sn35.72:1","sourceIds":["sn35.72:1.1","sn35.72:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yo hi koci, bhikkhave, bhikkhu channaṁ phassāyatanānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.\nAvusitaṁ tena brahmacariyaṁ, ārakā so imasmā dhammavinayā”ti.","en":"“Mendicants, anyone who doesn’t truly understand the six fields of contact’s origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape\nhas not completed the spiritual journey and is far from this teaching and training.”"}},{"id":"sn35.72:2","sourceIds":["sn35.72:2.1","sn35.72:2.2","sn35.72:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, aññataro bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“etthāhaṁ, bhante, anassasaṁ panassasaṁ.\nAhañhi, bhante, channaṁ phassāyatanānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāmī”ti.","en":"When he said this, one of the mendicants said to the Buddha,\n“Here, sir, I’m discouraged, really discouraged.\nFor I don’t truly understand the six fields of contact’s origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape.”"}},{"id":"sn35.72:3","sourceIds":["sn35.72:3.1","sn35.72:3.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, bhikkhu,\ncakkhuṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti samanupassasī”ti?","en":"“What do you think, mendicant?\nDo you regard the eye like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self’?”"}},{"id":"sn35.72:4","sourceIds":["sn35.72:4.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Evaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“Yes, sir.”"}},{"id":"sn35.72:5","sourceIds":["sn35.72:5.1","sn35.72:5.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sādhu, bhikkhu, ettha ca te, bhikkhu, cakkhu ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya sudiṭṭhaṁ bhavissati.\nEvaṁ te etaṁ paṭhamaṁ phassāyatanaṁ pahīnaṁ bhavissati āyatiṁ apunabbhavāya …pe….","en":"“Good, mendicant! And regarding the eye, you will truly see clearly with right wisdom that: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’\nIn this way you will give up the first field of contact, so that there are no more future lives."}},{"id":"sn35.72:6","sourceIds":["sn35.72:6.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Jivhaṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti samanupassasī”ti?","en":"Do you regard the ear … nose … tongue … body …"}},{"id":"sn35.72:7","sourceIds":["sn35.72:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Evaṁ, bhante”."}},{"id":"sn35.72:8","sourceIds":["sn35.72:8.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sādhu, bhikkhu, ettha ca te, bhikkhu, jivhā ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya sudiṭṭhaṁ bhavissati. Evaṁ te etaṁ catutthaṁ phassāyatanaṁ pahīnaṁ bhavissati āyatiṁ apunabbhavāya …pe…."}},{"id":"sn35.72:9","sourceIds":["sn35.72:9.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Manaṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti samanupassasī”ti?","en":"Do you regard the mind like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self’?”"}},{"id":"sn35.72:10","sourceIds":["sn35.72:10.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Evaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“Yes, sir.”"}},{"id":"sn35.72:11","sourceIds":["sn35.72:11.1","sn35.72:11.2","sn35.72:11.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sādhu, bhikkhu, ettha ca te, bhikkhu, mano ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya sudiṭṭhaṁ bhavissati.\nEvaṁ te etaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ phassāyatanaṁ pahīnaṁ bhavissati āyatiṁ apunabbhavāyā”ti.\nDasamaṁ.","en":"“Good, mendicant! And regarding the mind, you will truly see clearly with right wisdom that: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’\nIn this way you will give up the sixth field of contact, so that there are no more future lives.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.72/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}