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Sights

Rūpasutta

Desire for six exterior sense fields is a corruption of the mind, and letting go such desire one is able to realize the various kinds of direct knowledge.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 27.2Linked Discourses 27.2
  • 0.21. Kilesavagga1. Corruptions

0.3RūpasuttaSights

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Yo, bhikkhave, rūpesu chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso.“Mendicants, desire and greed for sights,1.3Yo saddesu …sounds,1.4yo gandhesu …smells,1.5yo rasesu …tastes,1.6yo phoṭṭhabbesu …touches,1.7yo dhammesu chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso.or ideas is a corruption of the mind.1.8Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno imesu chasu ṭhānesu cetaso upakkileso pahīno hoti, nekkhammaninnañcassa cittaṁ hoti.When a mendicant has given up mental corruption in these six cases, their mind inclines to renunciation.1.9Nekkhammaparibhāvitaṁ cittaṁ kammaniyaṁ khāyati, abhiññā sacchikaraṇīyesu dhammesū”ti.A mind imbued with renunciation is said to be fit for work regarding anything that can be realized by insight.”

1.10Dutiyaṁ.