sn.27.1 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

The Eye

At Sāvatthī.
“Mendicants, desire and greed for the eye,
ear,
nose,
tongue,
body,
or mind is a corruption of the mind.
When a mendicant has given up mental corruption in these six cases, their mind inclines to renunciation.
A mind imbued with renunciation is declared to be capable of directly knowing anything that can be realized.”