{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn12.45/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn12.45","id":"suttacentral_sn12.45","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn12.45/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying at \u00d1\u0101tika in the brick house. Then while the Buddha was in private retreat he spoke this exposition of the teaching: \u201cEye 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. Craving is a requirement for grasping. \u2026 That is how this entire mass of suffering originates. 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. Craving is a requirement for grasping. \u2026 That is how this entire mass of suffering originates. 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. \u2026 That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases. Ear consciousness arises dependent on the ear and sounds. \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. \u2026 That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.\u201d Now at that time a certain monk was standing listening in on the Buddha. The Buddha saw him and said, \u201cMonk, did you hear that exposition of the teaching?\u201d \u201cYes, sir.\u201d \u201cLearn that exposition of the teaching, memorize it, and remember it. That exposition of the teaching is beneficial and relevant to the fundamentals of the spiritual life.\u201d","title":"At \u00d1\u0101tika","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":344}