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Complete Understanding of the Exterior

Bāhirāyatanaparijānanasutta

Without understanding the six exterior 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 35.112Linked Discourses 35.112
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0.3BāhirāyatanaparijānanasuttaComplete Understanding of the Exterior

1.1PTS 4.90“Rūpe, bhikkhave, anabhijānaṁ aparijānaṁ avirājayaṁ appajahaṁ abhabbo dukkhakkhayāya.“Mendicants, without directly knowing and completely understanding sights …1.2Sadde …sounds …1.3gandhe …smells …1.4rase …tastes …1.5phoṭṭhabbe …touches …1.6dhamme anabhijānaṁ aparijānaṁ avirājayaṁ appajahaṁ abhabbo dukkhakkhayāya.ideas, without dispassion for them and giving them up, you can’t end suffering.

1.7Rūpe ca kho, bhikkhave, abhijānaṁ parijānaṁ virājayaṁ pajahaṁ bhabbo dukkhakkhayāya.By directly knowing and completely understanding sights …1.8Sadde …sounds …1.9gandhe …smells …1.10rase …tastes …1.11phoṭṭhabbe …touches …1.12dhamme abhijānaṁ parijānaṁ virājayaṁ pajahaṁ bhabbo dukkhakkhayāyā”ti.ideas, having dispassion for them and giving them up, you can end suffering.”

1.13Navamaṁ.