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SN 27.3PTS SN 3.2321 min read

Consciousness

Viññāṇasutta

Desire for six kinds of consciousness 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 27.3Linked Discourses 27.3
  • 0.21. Kilesavagga1. Corruptions

0.3ViññāṇasuttaConsciousness

1.1PTS 3.233Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Yo, bhikkhave, cakkhuviññāṇasmiṁ chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso.“Mendicants, desire and greed for eye consciousness,1.3Yo sotaviññāṇasmiṁ …ear consciousness,1.4yo ghānaviññāṇasmiṁ …nose consciousness,1.5yo jivhāviññāṇasmiṁ …tongue consciousness,1.6yo kāyaviññāṇasmiṁ …body consciousness,1.7yo manoviññāṇasmiṁ chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso.or mind consciousness 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.”

1.10Tatiyaṁ.