“Bhikkhus, without directly knowing and fully understanding the eye, without developing dispassion towards it and abandoning it, one is incapable of destroying suffering. Without directly knowing and fully understanding the ear … the mind, without developing dispassion towards it and abandoning it, one is incapable of destroying suffering. But by directly knowing and fully understanding the eye … the mind, by developing dispassion towards it and abandoning it, one is capable of destroying suffering.”
sn.35.111 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)
Fully Understanding (1)
- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Editor: Blake Walsh
Complete Understanding of the Interior
“Mendicants, without directly knowing and completely understanding the eye, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering.Without directly knowing and completely understanding the ear …
nose …
tongue …
body …
mind, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering.
By directly knowing and completely understanding the eye, having dispassion for it and giving it up, you can end suffering.
By directly knowing and completely understanding the ear … nose … tongue …
body …
mind, having dispassion for it and giving it up, you can end suffering.”