{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.236/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.236","id":"suttacentral_sn35.236","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.236/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, when there are hands, picking up and putting down are found. When there are feet, coming and going are found. When there are joints, contracting and extending are found. When there\u2019s a belly, hunger and thirst are found. In the same way, when there\u2019s an eye, pleasure and pain arise internally conditioned by eye contact. When there\u2019s an ear \u2026 nose \u2026 tongue \u2026 body \u2026 mind, pleasure and pain arise internally conditioned by mind contact. When there are no hands, picking up and putting down aren\u2019t found. When there are no feet, coming and going aren\u2019t found. When there are no joints, contracting and extending aren\u2019t found. When there\u2019s no belly, hunger and thirst aren\u2019t found. In the same way, when there\u2019s no eye, pleasure and pain don\u2019t arise internally conditioned by eye contact. When there\u2019s no ear \u2026 nose \u2026 tongue \u2026 body \u2026 mind, pleasure and pain don\u2019t arise internally conditioned by mind contact.\u201d","title":"The Simile of Hands and Feet (1st)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":158}