Connected Discourses on Arising

1. The Eye

1At Sāvatthī. “Bhikkhus, the arising, continuation, production, and manifestation of the eye is the arising of suffering, the continuation of disease, the manifestation of aging-and-death.²⁷² This is a template, to be filled in with the same content as in the preceding chapter. 26:9 is almost identical with 14:36, but includes as well the space element and the consciousness element. 26:10 is fully identical with 22:30. See II, n. 253. The arising, continuation, production, and manifestation of the ear … of the nose … of the tongue … of the body … of the mind [229] is the arising of suffering, the continuation of disease, the manifestation of aging-and-death.

2“The cessation, subsiding, and passing away of the eye … the mind is the cessation of suffering, the subsiding of disease, the passing away of aging-and-death.”

2. Forms

1At Sāvatthī. “Bhikkhus, the arising, continuation, production, and manifestation of forms … of sounds … of odours … of tastes … of tactile objects … of mental phenomena is the arising of suffering, the continuation of disease, the manifestation of aging-and-death.

2“The cessation, subsiding, and passing away of forms … of mental phenomena is the cessation of suffering, the subsiding of disease, the passing away of aging-and-death.”

3. Consciousness

1At Sāvatthī. “Bhikkhus, the arising, continuation, production, and manifestation of eye-consciousness … of mind-consciousness is the arising of suffering, the continuation of disease, the manifestation of aging-and-death.

2“The cessation, subsiding, and passing away of eye-consciousness … of mind-consciousness is the cessation of suffering, the subsiding of disease, the passing away of aging-and-death.” [230]

4. Contact

1At Sāvatthī. “Bhikkhus, the arising, continuation, production, and manifestation of eye-contact … of mind-contact is the arising of suffering, the continuation of disease, the manifestation of aging-and-death.

2“The cessation, subsiding, and passing away of eye-contact … of mind-contact is the cessation of suffering, the subsiding of disease, the passing away of aging-and-death.”

5. Feeling

1At Sāvatthī. “Bhikkhus, the arising, continuation, production, and manifestation of feeling born of eye-contact … of feeling born of mind-contact is the arising of suffering, the continuation of disease, the manifestation of aging-and-death.

2“The cessation, subsiding, and passing away of feeling born of eye-contact … of feeling born of mind-contact is the cessation of suffering, the subsiding of disease, the passing away of aging-and-death.”

6. Perception

1At Sāvatthī. “Bhikkhus, the arising, continuation, production, and manifestation of perception of forms … of perception of mental phenomena is the arising of suffering, the continuation of disease, the manifestation of aging-and-death.

2“The cessation, subsiding, and passing away of perception of forms … of perception of mental phenomena is the cessation of suffering, the subsiding of disease, the passing away of aging-and-death.”

7. Volition

1At Sāvatthī. “Bhikkhus, the arising, continuation, production, and manifestation of volition regarding forms … of volition regarding mental phenomena is the arising of suffering, the continuation of disease, the manifestation of aging-and-death.

2“The cessation, subsiding, and passing away of volition regarding forms … of volition regarding mental phenomena is the cessation of suffering, the subsiding of disease, the passing away of aging-and-death.”

8. Craving

1At Sāvatthī. “Bhikkhus, the arising, continuation, production, and manifestation of craving for forms … of craving for mental phenomena is the arising of suffering, the continuation of disease, the manifestation of aging-and-death. [231]

2“The cessation, subsiding, and passing away of craving for forms … of craving for mental phenomena is the cessation of suffering, the subsiding of disease, the passing away of aging-and-death.”

9. Elements

1At Sāvatthī. “Bhikkhus, the arising, continuation, production, and manifestation of the earth element … of the water element … of the heat element … of the air element … of the space element … of the consciousness element is the arising of suffering, the continuation of disease, the manifestation of aging-and-death.

2“The cessation, subsiding, and passing away of the earth element … of the consciousness element is the cessation of suffering, the subsiding of disease, the passing away of aging-and-death.”

10. Aggregates

1At Sāvatthī. “Bhikkhus, the arising, continuation, production, and manifestation of form … of feeling … of perception … of volitional formations … of consciousness is the arising of suffering, the continuation of disease, the manifestation of aging-and-death.

2“The cessation, subsiding, and passing away of form … of consciousness is the cessation of suffering, the subsiding of disease, the passing away of aging-and-death.”

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