{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.237/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.237","id":"suttacentral_sn35.237","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.237/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, when there are hands, there\u2019s picking up and putting down. When there are feet, there\u2019s coming and going. When there are joints, there\u2019s contracting and extending. When there\u2019s a belly, there\u2019s hunger and thirst. 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, there\u2019s no picking up and putting down. When there are no feet, there\u2019s no coming and going. When there are no joints, there\u2019s no contracting and extending. When there\u2019s no belly, there\u2019s no hunger and thirst. 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 (2nd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":154}