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SN 26.1PTS SN 3.2281 min read

The Eye

Cakkhusutta

The arising of the six interior sense fields is the arising of suffering.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 26.1Linked Discourses 26.1
  • 0.21. Uppādavagga1. Arising

0.3CakkhusuttaThe Eye

1.1PTS 3.229Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.1

1.2“Yo kho, bhikkhave, cakkhussa uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo, rogānaṁ ṭhiti, jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo.“Mendicants, the arising, continuation, and manifestation and regeneration of the eye is the arising of suffering, the continuation of diseases, and the manifestation of old age and death.21.3Yo sotassa uppādo ṭhiti …pe…The arising, continuation, and manifestation and regeneration of the ear,1.4yo ghānassa uppādo ṭhiti …nose,1.5yo jivhāya uppādo ṭhiti …tongue,1.6yo kāyassa uppādo ṭhiti …body,1.7yo manassa uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo, rogānaṁ ṭhiti, jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo.and mind is the arising of suffering, the continuation of diseases, and the manifestation of old age and death.1.8Yo ca, bhikkhave, cakkhussa nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṁ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo.The cessation, settling, and disappearance of the eye is the cessation of suffering, the settling of diseases, and the disappearance of old age and death.1.9Yo sotassa nirodho …pe…The cessation, settling, and disappearance of the ear,1.10yo ghānassa nirodho …nose,1.11yo jivhāya nirodho …tongue,1.12yo kāyassa nirodho …body,1.13yo manassa nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṁ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo”ti.and mind is the cessation of suffering, the settling of diseases, and the disappearance of old age and death.”

1.14Paṭhamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. This chapter is built on the same template as the previous.

    ↩ sn26.1:1.1
  2. See my note on SN 14.36:1.2.

    ↩ sn26.1:1.2