sn.35.61 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

The Exhaustion of All Clinging (1)

“Bhikkhus, I will teach you the Dhamma for the exhaustion of all clinging. Listen to that….

“And what, bhikkhus, is the Dhamma for the exhaustion of all clinging? In dependence on the eye and forms, eye-consciousness arises…. as above … With its deliverance he understands: ‘Clinging has been exhausted by me.’

“In dependence on the ear and sounds … the mind and mental phenomena, mind-consciousness arises…. … With its deliverance he understands: ‘Clinging has been exhausted by me.’

“This, bhikkhus, is the Dhamma for the exhaustion of all clinging.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh

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The Depletion of All Fuel (1st)

“Mendicants, I will teach you the principle for depleting all fuel.
Listen …
And what is the principle for depleting all fuel?
Eye consciousness arises dependent on the eye and sights. The meeting of the three is contact.
Contact is a condition for feeling.
Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with the eye, sights, eye consciousness, eye contact, and feeling.
Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. When they are released, they understand: ‘I have completely depleted grasping.’
Ear … nose … tongue … body …
Mind consciousness arises dependent on the mind and thoughts. The meeting of the three is contact.
Contact is a condition for feeling.
Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with the mind, thoughts, mind consciousness, mind contact, and feeling.
Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. When they are released, they understand: ‘I have completely depleted grasping.’
This is the principle for depleting all fuel.”