{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.130/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.130","id":"suttacentral_sn35.130","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.130/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time Venerable Mah\u0101kacc\u0101na was staying in the land of the Avantis near Kuraraghara on Steep Mountain. Then the householder H\u0101liddik\u0101ni went up to Venerable Mah\u0101kacc\u0101na \u2026 and asked him, \u201cSir, this was said by the Buddha: \u2018Diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of contacts, and diversity of contacts gives rise to diversity of feelings.\u2019 How does diversity of elements give rise to diversity of contacts, and diversity of contacts gives rise to diversity of feelings?\u201d \u201cHouseholder, it\u2019s when a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes and understands it to be agreeable. There is eye consciousness; and pleasant feeling arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as pleasant. Then they see a sight and understand it to be disagreeable. There is eye consciousness; and painful feeling arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as painful. Then they see a sight and understand it to be a basis for equanimity. There is eye consciousness; and neutral feeling arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as neutral. Furthermore, a mendicant hears a sound with their ears \u2026 smells an odor with their nose \u2026 tastes a flavor with their tongue \u2026 encounters a touch with their body \u2026 knows an idea with their mind and understands it to be agreeable. There is mind consciousness; and pleasant feeling arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as pleasant. Then they know an idea and understand it to be disagreeable. There is mind consciousness; and painful feeling arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as painful. Then they know an idea and understand it to be a basis for equanimity. Neutral feeling arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as neutral. That\u2019s how diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of contacts, and diversity of contacts gives rise to diversity of feelings.\u201d","title":"With H\u0101liddik\u0101ni","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":306}