- Linked Discourses 14.3 Saį¹yutta NikÄya 14.3
- 1. Diversity 1. NÄnattavagga
Not Diversity of Contacts NophassanÄnattasutta
At SÄvatthÄ«. SÄvatthiyaį¹ viharati.
āMendicants, diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of contacts. Diversity of contacts doesnāt give rise to diversity of elements. āDhÄtunÄnattaį¹, bhikkhave, paį¹icca uppajjati phassanÄnattaį¹, no phassanÄnattaį¹ paį¹icca uppajjati dhÄtunÄnattaį¹. And what is the diversity of elements? KatamaƱca, bhikkhave, dhÄtunÄnattaį¹? The eye element, ear element, nose element, tongue element, body element, and mind element. CakkhudhÄtu ā¦pe⦠manodhÄtuāThis is called the diversity of elements. idaį¹ vuccati, bhikkhave, dhÄtunÄnattaį¹.
And how does diversity of elements give rise to diversity of contacts, while diversity of contacts doesnāt give rise to diversity of elements? KathaƱca, bhikkhave, dhÄtunÄnattaį¹ paį¹icca uppajjati phassanÄnattaį¹, no phassanÄnattaį¹ paį¹icca uppajjati dhÄtunÄnattaį¹? The eye element gives rise to eye contact. Eye contact doesnāt give rise to the eye element. ⦠CakkhudhÄtuį¹, bhikkhave, paį¹icca uppajjati cakkhusamphasso, no cakkhusamphassaį¹ paį¹icca uppajjati cakkhudhÄtu ā¦pe⦠The mind element gives rise to mind contact. Mind contact doesnāt give rise to the mind element. manodhÄtuį¹ paį¹icca uppajjati manosamphasso, no manosamphassaį¹ paį¹icca uppajjati manodhÄtu. Thatās how diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of contacts, while diversity of contacts doesnāt give rise to diversity of elements.ā Evaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, dhÄtunÄnattaį¹ paį¹icca uppajjati phassanÄnattaį¹, no phassanÄnattaį¹ paį¹icca uppajjati dhÄtunÄnattanāti.
Tatiyaį¹.