Contact

Samphassasutta

One with faith in the teachings on the six kinds of contact is called a “follower by faith”, while someone with conceptual understanding is called a “follower of the teachings”. But someone who sees them directly is called a stream-enterer.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 25.4Linked Discourses 25.4
0.21. Cakkhuvagga1. The Eye

0.3SamphassasuttaContact

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Cakkhusamphasso, bhikkhave, anicco vipariṇāmī aññathābhāvī;“Mendicants, eye contact is impermanent, decaying, and perishing.1.3sotasamphasso …Ear contact,1.4ghānasamphasso …nose contact,1.5jivhāsamphasso …tongue contact,1.6kāyasamphasso …body contact,1.7manosamphasso anicco vipariṇāmī aññathābhāvī.and mind contact are impermanent, decaying, and perishing.

1.8Yo, bhikkhave, ime dhamme evaṁ saddahati adhimuccati, ayaṁ vuccati ‘saddhānusārī …pe…Someone who has faith and confidence in these teachings is called a follower by faith. …”1.9sambodhiparāyano’”ti.

1.10Catutthaṁ.