{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.82/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.82","id":"suttacentral_sn35.82","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.82/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha \u2026 and said to him: \u201cSir, they speak of this thing called \u2018the world\u2019. How is the world defined?\u201d \u201cIt wears away, mendicant, that\u2019s why it\u2019s called \u2018the world\u2019. And what is wearing away? The eye is wearing away. Sights \u2026 eye consciousness \u2026 eye contact is wearing away. The painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact is also wearing away. The ear \u2026 nose \u2026 tongue \u2026 body \u2026. The mind \u2026 ideas \u2026 mind consciousness \u2026 mind contact is wearing away. The painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is also wearing away. It wears away, mendicant, that\u2019s why it\u2019s called \u2018the world\u2019.\u201d","title":"A Question On the World","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":121}