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Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Linked Discourses

Vol 1:
Verses
SN1-11
Vol 2:
Causation
SN12-21
Vol 3:
Aggregates
SN22-34
Vol 4:
Sense Bases
SN35-44
Vol 5:
Great Book
SN45-56

35. Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta: On the Six Sense Fields

XVIII. The Ocean — SN35.237: The Simile of Hands and Feet (2nd)

1“Mendicants, when there are hands, there’s picking up and putting down. When there are feet, there’s coming and going. When there are joints, there’s contracting and extending. When there’s a belly, there’s hunger and thirst.

In the same way, when there’s an eye, pleasure and pain arise internally conditioned by eye contact. When there’s an ear … nose … tongue … body … mind, pleasure and pain arise internally conditioned by mind contact.

2When there are no hands, there’s no picking up and putting down. When there are no feet, there’s no coming and going. When there are no joints, there’s no contracting and extending. When there’s no belly, there’s no hunger and thirst.


In the same way, when there’s no eye, pleasure and pain don’t arise internally conditioned by eye contact. When there’s no ear … nose … tongue … body … mind, pleasure and pain don’t arise internally conditioned by mind contact.”

1"Hatthesu, bhikkhave, sati ādānanikkhepanaṁ hoti; pādesu sati abhikkamapaṭikkamo hoti; pabbesu sati samiñjanapasāraṇaṁ hoti; kucchismiṁ sati jighacchā pipāsā hoti.

Evameva kho, bhikkhave, cakkhusmiṁ sati cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati ajjhattaṁ sukhaṁ dukkhaṁ … pe … jivhāya sati … pe … manasmiṁ sati manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati ajjhattaṁ sukhaṁ dukkhaṁ … pe … .

2Hatthesu, bhikkhave, asati ādānanikkhepanaṁ na hoti; pādesu asati abhikkamapaṭikkamo na hoti; pabbesu asati samiñjanapasāraṇaṁ na hoti; kucchismiṁ asati jighacchā pipāsā na hoti.


Evameva kho, bhikkhave, cakkhusmiṁ asati cakkhusamphassapaccayā nuppajjati ajjhattaṁ sukhaṁ dukkhaṁ … pe … jivhāya asati jivhāsamphassapaccayā nuppajjati … pe … manasmiṁ asati manosamphassapaccayā nuppajjati ajjhattaṁ sukhaṁ dukkhan"ti.

Dasamaṁ.
Samuddavaggo tatiyo.

3Dve samuddā bāḷisiko,
khīrarukkhena koṭṭhiko;
Kāmabhū udāyī ceva,
ādittena ca aṭṭhamaṁ;
Hatthapādūpamā dveti,
vaggo tena pavuccatīti.