{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn41.6/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn41.6","id":"suttacentral_sn41.6","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn41.6/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time Venerable K\u0101mabh\u016b was staying near Macchik\u0101sa\u1e47\u1e0da in the Wild Mango Grove. Then Citta the householder went up to Venerable K\u0101mabh\u016b, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cSir, how many processes are there?\u201d \u201cHouseholder, there are three processes. The physical process, the verbal process, and the mental process.\u201d Saying \u201cGood, sir,\u201d Citta approved and agreed with what K\u0101mabh\u016b said. Then he asked another question: \u201cBut sir, what is the physical process? What\u2019s the verbal process? What\u2019s the mental process?\u201d \u201cBreathing is a physical process. Placing the mind and keeping it connected are a verbal process. Perception and feeling are a mental process.\u201d Saying \u201cGood, sir,\u201d he asked another question: \u201cBut sir, why is breathing a physical process? Why are placing the mind and keeping it connected a verbal process? Why are perception and feeling a mental process?\u201d \u201cBreathing is physical. It\u2019s tied up with the body, that\u2019s why breathing is a physical process. First you place the mind and keep it connected, then you break into speech. That\u2019s why placing the mind and keeping it connected are a verbal process. Perception and feeling are mental. They\u2019re tied up with the mind, that\u2019s why perception and feeling are a mental process.\u201d Saying \u201cGood, sir,\u201d he asked another question: \u201cBut sir, how does someone attain the cessation of perception and feeling?\u201d \u201cA mendicant who is entering such an attainment does not think: \u2018I will enter the cessation of perception and feeling\u2019 or \u2018I am entering the cessation of perception and feeling\u2019 or \u2018I have entered the cessation of perception and feeling.\u2019 Rather, their mind has been previously developed so as to lead to such a state.\u201d Saying \u201cGood, sir,\u201d he asked another question: \u201cBut sir, which cease first for a mendicant who is entering the cessation of perception and feeling: the physical, verbal, or mental process?\u201d \u201cThe verbal process ceases first, then physical, then mental.\u201d Saying \u201cGood, sir,\u201d he asked another question: \u201cWhat\u2019s the difference between someone who has passed away and a mendicant who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling?\u201d \u201cWhen someone dies, their physical, verbal, and mental processes have ceased and stilled; their vitality is spent; their warmth is dissipated; and their faculties have disintegrated. When a mendicant has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, their physical, verbal, and mental processes have ceased and stilled. But their vitality is not spent; their warmth is not dissipated; and their faculties are very clear. That\u2019s the difference between someone who has passed away and a mendicant who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling.\u201d Saying \u201cGood, sir,\u201d he asked another question: \u201cBut sir, how does someone emerge from the cessation of perception and feeling?\u201d \u201cA mendicant who is emerging from such an attainment does not think: \u2018I will emerge from the cessation of perception and feeling\u2019 or \u2018I am emerging from the cessation of perception and feeling\u2019 or \u2018I have emerged from the cessation of perception and feeling.\u2019 Rather, their mind has been previously developed so as to lead to such a state.\u201d Saying \u201cGood, sir,\u201d he asked another question: \u201cBut sir, which arise first for a mendicant who is emerging from the cessation of perception and feeling: the physical, verbal, or mental process?\u201d \u201cThe mental process arises first, then physical, then verbal.\u201d Saying \u201cGood, sir,\u201d he asked another question: \u201cBut sir, when a mendicant has emerged from the attainment of the cessation of perception and feeling, how many kinds of contact do they experience?\u201d \u201cThey experience three kinds of contact: emptiness, signless, and undirected contacts.\u201d Saying \u201cGood, sir,\u201d he asked another question: \u201cBut sir, when a mendicant has emerged from the attainment of the cessation of perception and feeling, what does their mind slant, slope, and incline to?\u201d \u201cTheir mind slants, slopes, and inclines to seclusion.\u201d Saying \u201cGood, sir,\u201d Citta approved and agreed with what K\u0101mabh\u016b said. Then he asked another question: \u201cBut sir, how many things are helpful for attaining the cessation of perception and feeling?\u201d \u201cWell, householder, you\u2019ve finally asked what you should have asked first! Nevertheless, I will answer you. Two things are helpful for attaining the cessation of perception and feeling: serenity and discernment.\u201d","title":"With K\u0101mabh\u016b (2nd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":696}