{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.84/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.84","id":"suttacentral_sn35.84","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.84/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Then Venerable \u0100nanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cSir, they speak of this thing called \u2018the world\u2019. How is the world defined?\u201d \u201c\u0100nanda, that which is liable to wear out is called the world in the training of the Noble One. And what is liable to wear out? The eye is liable to wear out. Sights \u2026 eye consciousness \u2026 eye contact is liable to wear out. The painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact is also liable to wear out. The ear \u2026 nose \u2026 tongue \u2026 body \u2026. The mind \u2026 ideas \u2026 mind consciousness \u2026 mind contact is liable to wear out. The painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is also liable to wear out. That which is liable to wear out is called the world in the training of the Noble One.\u201d","title":"Liable to Wear Out","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":157}