{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.233/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.233","id":"suttacentral_sn35.233","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.233/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time the venerables \u0100nanda and K\u0101mabh\u016b were staying near Kosamb\u012b in Ghosita\u2019s monastery. Then in the late afternoon, Venerable K\u0101mabh\u016b came out of retreat, went to Venerable \u0100nanda, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to \u0100nanda: \u201cReverend \u0100nanda, which is it? Is the eye the fetter of sights, or are sights the fetter of the eye? Is the ear \u2026 nose \u2026 tongue \u2026 body \u2026 mind the fetter of ideas, or are ideas the fetter of the mind?\u201d \u201cReverend K\u0101mabh\u016b, the eye is not the fetter of sights, nor are sights the fetter of the eye. The fetter there is the desire and greed that arises from the pair of them. The ear \u2026 nose \u2026 tongue \u2026 body \u2026 mind is not the fetter of ideas, nor are ideas the fetter of the mind. The fetter there is the desire and greed that arises from the pair of them. Suppose there was a black ox and a white ox yoked by a single harness or yoke. Would it be right to say that the black ox is the yoke of the white ox, or the white ox is the yoke of the black ox?\u201d \u201cNo, reverend. The black ox is not the yoke of the white ox, nor is the white ox the yoke of the black ox. The yoke there is the single harness or yoke that they\u2019re yoked by.\u201d \u201cIn the same way, the eye is not the fetter of sights, nor are sights the fetter of the eye. The ear \u2026 nose \u2026 tongue \u2026 body \u2026 mind is not the fetter of ideas, nor are ideas the fetter of the mind. The fetter there is the desire and greed that arises from the pair of them.\u201d","title":"With K\u0101mabh\u016b","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":309}