sn.35.26 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Full Understanding (1)

At Savatthi. “Bhikkhus, without directly knowing and fully understanding the all, without developing dispassion towards it and abandoning it, one is incapable of destroying suffering.

“And what, bhikkhus, is that all without directly knowing and fully understanding which, without developing dispassion towards which and abandoning which, one is incapable of destroying suffering?

“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 forms … eye-consciousness … eye-contact … and whatever feeling arises with eye-contact as condition … without developing dispassion towards it and abandoning it, one is incapable of destroying suffering.

“Without directly knowing and fully understanding the ear … the mind … and whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition … without developing dispassion towards it and abandoning it, one is incapable of destroying suffering.

“This, bhikkhus, is the all without directly knowing and fully understanding which … one is incapable of destroying suffering.

“Bhikkhus, by directly knowing and fully understanding the all, by developing dispassion towards it and abandoning it, one is capable of destroying suffering.

“And what, bhikkhus, is that all by directly knowing and fully understanding which, by developing dispassion towards which and abandoning which, one is capable of destroying suffering?

“By directly knowing and fully understanding the eye … the mind … and whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition … by developing dispassion towards it and abandoning it, one is capable of destroying suffering.

“This, bhikkhus, is the all by directly knowing and fully understanding which … one is capable of destroying suffering.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh

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Without Completely Understanding (1st)

“Mendicants, without directly knowing and completely understanding the all, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering.
And what is the all, without directly knowing and completely understanding which, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering?
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 sights …
eye consciousness …
eye contact …
painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by eye contact, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering.
Without directly knowing and completely understanding the ear … the nose … the tongue …




the body …
the mind, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering.
Without directly knowing and completely understanding thoughts …
mind consciousness …
mind contact …
painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by mind contact, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering.
This is the all, without directly knowing and completely understanding which, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering.
By directly knowing and completely understanding the all, having dispassion for it and giving it up, you can end suffering.
And what is the all, directly knowing and completely understanding which, having dispassion for it and giving it up, you can end suffering?
By directly knowing and completely understanding the eye …




the ear … the nose … the tongue …




the body …
the mind, having dispassion for it and giving it up, you can end suffering.
By directly knowing and completely understanding thoughts …
mind consciousness …
mind contact …
painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by mind contact, having dispassion for it and giving it up, you can end suffering.
This is the all, directly knowing and completely understanding which, having dispassion for it and giving it up, you can end suffering.”