{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn14.3/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn14.3","id":"suttacentral_sn14.3","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn14.3/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of contacts. Diversity of contacts doesn\u2019t give rise to diversity of elements. And what is the diversity of elements? The eye element, ear element, nose element, tongue element, body element, and mind element. This is called the diversity of elements. And how does diversity of elements give rise to diversity of contacts, while diversity of contacts doesn\u2019t give rise to diversity of elements? The eye element gives rise to eye contact. Eye contact doesn\u2019t give rise to the eye element. \u2026 The mind element gives rise to mind contact. Mind contact doesn\u2019t give rise to the mind element. That\u2019s how diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of contacts, while diversity of contacts doesn\u2019t give rise to diversity of elements.\u201d","title":"Not Diversity of Contacts","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":130}