{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn14.8/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn14.8","id":"suttacentral_sn14.8","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn14.8/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of perceptions. Diversity of perceptions gives rise to diversity of thoughts. Diversity of thoughts gives rise to diversity of desires. Diversity of desires gives rise to diversity of passions. Diversity of passions gives rise to diversity of searches. Diversity of searches doesn\u2019t give rise to diversity of passions. Diversity of passions doesn\u2019t give rise to diversity of desires. Diversity of desires doesn\u2019t give rise to diversity of thoughts. Diversity of thoughts doesn\u2019t give rise to diversity of perceptions. Diversity of perceptions doesn\u2019t give rise to diversity of elements. And what is the diversity of elements? The sight element, the sound element, the smell element, the taste element, the touch element, and the idea element. This is called the diversity of elements. And how does diversity of elements give rise to diversity of perceptions \u2026 diversity of perceptions doesn\u2019t give rise to diversity of elements? The sight element gives rise to the perception of sights \u2026 The idea element gives rise to the perception of ideas \u2026 the search for ideas. The search for ideas doesn\u2019t give rise to the passion for ideas. The passion for ideas doesn\u2019t give rise to the desire for ideas. The desire for ideas doesn\u2019t give rise to thoughts about ideas. Thoughts about ideas don\u2019t give rise to perceptions of ideas. Perceptions of ideas don\u2019t give rise to the idea element. That\u2019s how diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of perceptions \u2026 diversity of perceptions doesn\u2019t give rise to diversity of elements.\u201d","title":"No Diversity of Searches","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":257}