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sn.35.33 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

35.33–42

35.33. Subject to Birth

At Savatthi. “Bhikkhus, all is subject to birth. And what, bhikkhus, is the all that is subject to birth? The eye is subject to birth. Forms … Eye-consciousness … Eye-contact … Whatever feeling arises with eye-contact as condition … that too is subject to birth.

“The ear … The tongue … The body … The mind … Whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition … that too is subject to birth.

“Seeing thus, bhikkhus, the instructed noble disciple experiences revulsion towards the eye, towards forms, towards eye-consciousness, towards eye-contact … He understands: ‘… there is no more for this state of being.’”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh


Ten on Liable to Be Reborn, Etc.

At Sāvatthī.

“Mendicants, all is liable to be reborn.
And what is the all that is liable to be reborn?
The eye,
sights,
eye consciousness,
and eye contact are liable to be reborn.
And the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by eye contact is also liable to be reborn.
The ear … nose … tongue …




body …
The mind, thoughts, mind consciousness, and mind contact are liable to be reborn.
And the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by mind contact is also liable to be reborn.
Seeing this a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned …
They understand: ‘… there is no return to any state of existence.’”