{"id":"sn35.85","title":"The World is Empty","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn35.85","title":"The World is Empty","units":[{"id":"sn35.85:0","sourceIds":["sn35.85:0.1","sn35.85:0.2","sn35.85:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.85\n9. Channavagga\nSuññatalokasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 35.85\n9. With Channa\nThe World is Empty"}},{"id":"sn35.85:1","sourceIds":["sn35.85:1.1","sn35.85:1.2","sn35.85:1.3","sn35.85:1.4","sn35.85:1.5","sn35.85:1.6","sn35.85:1.7","sn35.85:1.8","sn35.85:1.9","sn35.85:1.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho āyasmā ānando …pe… bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“‘suñño loko, suñño loko’ti, bhante, vuccati.\nKittāvatā nu kho, bhante, suñño lokoti vuccatī”ti?\n“Yasmā ca kho, ānanda, suññaṁ attena vā attaniyena vā tasmā suñño lokoti vuccati.\nKiñca, ānanda, suññaṁ attena vā attaniyena vā?\nCakkhu kho, ānanda, suññaṁ attena vā attaniyena vā.\nRūpā suññā attena vā attaniyena vā, cakkhuviññāṇaṁ suññaṁ attena vā attaniyena vā, cakkhusamphasso suñño attena vā attaniyena vā …pe…\nyampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi suññaṁ attena vā attaniyena vā.\nYasmā ca kho, ānanda, suññaṁ attena vā attaniyena vā, tasmā suñño lokoti vuccatī”ti.\nDutiyaṁ.","en":"And then Venerable Ānanda … said to the Buddha:\n“Sir, they say that ‘the world is empty’.\nWhat does the saying ‘the world is empty’ refer to?”\n“Ānanda, they say that ‘the world is empty’ because it’s empty of self or what belongs to self.\nAnd what is empty of self or what belongs to self?\nThe eye,\nsights, eye consciousness, and eye contact are empty of self or what belongs to self. …\nThe pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is also empty of self or what belongs to self.\nThey say that ‘the world is empty’ because it’s empty of self or what belongs to self.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.85/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."}