sn.35.72 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

The Six Bases for Contact (2)

The first two paragraphs as in the preceding sutta.

“What do you think, bhikkhu, do you regard the eye thus: ‘This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self’?”

“Yes, venerable sir.”

“Good, bhikkhu! And here, bhikkhu, you should clearly see the eye as it really is with correct wisdom thus: ‘This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.’ Thus this first base for contact will be abandoned by you for no future renewed existence.

“Do you regard the ear thus…? Thus this second base for contact will be abandoned by you for no future renewed existence….

“Do you regard the mind thus: ‘This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self’?”

“Yes, venerable sir.”

“Good, bhikkhu! And here, bhikkhu, you should clearly see the mind as it really is with correct wisdom thus: ‘This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.’ Thus this sixth base for contact will be abandoned by you for no future renewed existence.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh

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Six Fields of Contact (2nd)

“Mendicants, anyone who doesn’t truly understand the six fields of contact’s origin, ending, gratification, drawback, and escape
has not completed the spiritual journey and is far from this teaching and training.”
When he said this, one of the mendicants said to the Buddha,
“Here, sir, I’m lost, truly lost.
For I don’t truly understand the six fields of contact’s origin, ending, gratification, drawback, and escape.”
“What do you think, mendicant?
Do you regard the eye like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self’?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Good, mendicant! And regarding the eye, you will truly see clearly with right wisdom that: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
In this way you will give up the first field of contact, so that there are no more future lives.
Do you regard the ear … nose … tongue … body …


Do you regard the mind like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self’?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Good, mendicant! And regarding the mind, you will truly see clearly with right wisdom that: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
In this way you will give up the sixth field of contact, so that there are no more future lives.”