{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn12.43/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn12.43","id":"suttacentral_sn12.43","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn12.43/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, I will teach you the origin and disappearance of suffering. Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d they replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cAnd what, mendicants, is the origin of suffering? Eye consciousness arises dependent on the eye and sights. The meeting of the three is contact. Contact is a requirement for feeling. Feeling is a requirement for craving. \u2026 This is the origin of suffering. Ear consciousness arises dependent on the ear and sounds. \u2026 Nose consciousness arises dependent on the nose and smells. \u2026 Tongue consciousness arises dependent on the tongue and tastes. \u2026 Body consciousness arises dependent on the body and touches. \u2026 Mind consciousness arises dependent on the mind and ideas. The meeting of the three is contact. Contact is a requirement for feeling. Feeling is a requirement for craving. \u2026 This is the origin of suffering. And what is the disappearance of suffering? Eye consciousness arises dependent on the eye and sights. The meeting of the three is contact. Contact is a requirement for feeling. Feeling is a requirement for craving. When that craving fades away and ceases with no residue left behind, grasping ceases. When grasping ceases, continued existence ceases. When continued existence ceases, rebirth ceases. When rebirth ceases, old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress cease. That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases. This is the disappearance of suffering. Ear consciousness arises dependent on the ear and sounds. \u2026 Nose consciousness arises dependent on the nose and smells. \u2026 Tongue consciousness arises dependent on the tongue and tastes. \u2026 Body consciousness arises dependent on the body and touches. \u2026 Mind consciousness arises dependent on the mind and ideas. The meeting of the three is contact. Contact is a requirement for feeling. Feeling is a requirement for craving. When that craving fades away and ceases with no residue left behind, grasping ceases. When grasping ceases, continued existence ceases. When continued existence ceases, rebirth ceases. When rebirth ceases, old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress cease. That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases. This is the disappearance of suffering.\u201d","title":"Suffering","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":361}