• Linked Discourses 14.3 Saṁyutta Nikāya 14.3
  • 1. Diversity 1. Nānattavagga

Not Diversity of Contacts Nophassanānattasutta

At Sāvatthī. Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.

ā€œMendicants, diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of contacts. Diversity of contacts doesn’t give rise to diversity of elements. ā€œDhātunānattaṁ, bhikkhave, paį¹­icca uppajjati phassanānattaṁ, no phassanānattaṁ paį¹­icca uppajjati dhātunānattaṁ. And what is the diversity of elements? KatamaƱca, bhikkhave, dhātunānattaṁ? The eye element, ear element, nose element, tongue element, body element, and mind element. Cakkhudhātu …pe… manodhātu—This is called the diversity of elements. idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dhātunānattaṁ.

And how does diversity of elements give rise to diversity of contacts, while diversity of contacts doesn’t give rise to diversity of elements? KathaƱca, bhikkhave, dhātunānattaṁ paį¹­icca uppajjati phassanānattaṁ, no phassanānattaṁ paį¹­icca uppajjati dhātunānattaṁ? The eye element gives rise to eye contact. Eye contact doesn’t give rise to the eye element. … Cakkhudhātuṁ, bhikkhave, paį¹­icca uppajjati cakkhusamphasso, no cakkhusamphassaṁ paį¹­icca uppajjati cakkhudhātu …pe… The mind element gives rise to mind contact. Mind contact doesn’t give rise to the mind element. manodhātuṁ paį¹­icca uppajjati manosamphasso, no manosamphassaṁ paį¹­icca uppajjati manodhātu. That’s how diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of contacts, while diversity of contacts doesn’t give rise to diversity of elements.ā€ Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dhātunānattaṁ paį¹­icca uppajjati phassanānattaṁ, no phassanānattaṁ paį¹­icca uppajjati dhātunānattanā€ti.

Tatiyaṁ.