{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.71/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.71","id":"suttacentral_sn35.71","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.71/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, anyone who doesn\u2019t truly understand the six fields of contact\u2019s origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape has not completed the spiritual journey and is far from this teaching and training.\u201d When he said this, one of the mendicants said to the Buddha, \u201cHere, sir, I\u2019m discouraged. For I don\u2019t truly understand the six fields of contact\u2019s origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape.\u201d \u201cWhat do you think, mendicant? Do you regard the eye like this: \u2018This is mine, I am this, this is my self\u2019?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cGood, mendicant! And regarding the eye, you will truly see clearly with right wisdom that: \u2018This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.\u2019 Just this is the end of suffering. Do you regard the ear \u2026 nose \u2026 tongue \u2026 body \u2026 Do you regard the mind like this: \u2018This is mine, I am this, this is my self\u2019?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cGood, mendicant! And regarding the mind, you will truly see clearly with right wisdom that: \u2018This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.\u2019 Just this is the end of suffering.\u201d","title":"Six Fields of Contact (1st)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":188}