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Complete Understanding of the Interior

Ajjhattikāyatanaparijānanasutta

Without understanding the six interior sense fields and becoming dispassionate towards them, it is impossible to be free of suffering.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.111Linked Discourses 35.111
  • 0.211. Yogakkhemivagga11. Sanctuary from the Yoke

0.3AjjhattikāyatanaparijānanasuttaComplete Understanding of the Interior

1.1“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, anabhijānaṁ aparijānaṁ avirājayaṁ appajahaṁ abhabbo dukkhakkhayāya.“Mendicants, without directly knowing and completely understanding the eye, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering.1

1.2Sotaṁ …Without directly knowing and completely understanding the ear …1.3ghānaṁ …nose …1.4jivhaṁ …tongue …1.5kāyaṁ …body …1.6manaṁ anabhijānaṁ aparijānaṁ avirājayaṁ appajahaṁ abhabbo dukkhakkhayāya.mind, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering.

1.7Cakkhuñca kho, bhikkhave, abhijānaṁ parijānaṁ virājayaṁ pajahaṁ bhabbo dukkhakkhayāya …pe…By directly knowing and completely understanding the eye, having dispassion for it and giving it up, you can end suffering.

1.8jivhaṁ …By directly knowing and completely understanding the ear … nose … tongue …1.9kāyaṁ …body …1.10manaṁ abhijānaṁ parijānaṁ virājayaṁ pajahaṁ bhabbo dukkhakkhayāyā”ti.mind, having dispassion for it and giving it up, you can end suffering.”

1.11Aṭṭhamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. This is similar to SN 35.26, as is the next discourse.

    ↩ sn35.111:1.1