9. Channavagga

9. With Channa

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.84

Linked Discourses 35.84

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9. Channavagga

9. With Channa

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Palokadhammasutta

Liable to Wear Out

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Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

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Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:

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“‘Loko, loko’ti, bhante, vuccati.

“Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘the world’.

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Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, lokoti vuccatī”ti?

How is the world defined?”

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“Yaṁ kho, ānanda, palokadhammaṁ, ayaṁ vuccati ariyassa vinaye loko.

“Ānanda, that which is liable to wear out is called the world in the training of the Noble One.

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Kiñca, ānanda, palokadhammaṁ?

And what is liable to wear out?

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Cakkhu kho, ānanda, palokadhammaṁ, rūpā palokadhammā, cakkhuviññāṇaṁ palokadhammaṁ, cakkhusamphasso palokadhammo, yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā …pe… tampi palokadhammaṁ …pe…

The eye is liable to wear out. Sights … eye consciousness … 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.

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jivhā palokadhammā, rasā palokadhammā, jivhāviññāṇaṁ palokadhammaṁ, jivhāsamphasso palokadhammo, yampidaṁ jivhāsamphassapaccayā …pe… tampi palokadhammaṁ …pe…

The ear … nose … tongue … body …

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mano palokadhammo, dhammā palokadhammā, manoviññāṇaṁ palokadhammaṁ, manosamphasso palokadhammo, yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi palokadhammaṁ.

The mind … ideas … mind consciousness … 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.

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Yaṁ kho, ānanda, palokadhammaṁ, ayaṁ vuccati ariyassa vinaye loko”ti.

That which is liable to wear out is called the world in the training of the Noble One.”

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Paṭhamaṁ.