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SN 35.237PTS SN 4.1711 min read

The Simile of Hands and Feet (2nd)

Dutiyahatthapādopamasutta

So long as this body exists there is suffering due to the senses.

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

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0.3DutiyahatthapādopamasuttaThe Simile of Hands and Feet (2nd)

1.1“Hatthesu, bhikkhave, sati ādānanikkhepanaṁ hoti;“Mendicants, when there are hands, there’s picking up and putting down.1.2pādesu sati abhikkamapaṭikkamo hoti;When there are feet, there’s coming and going.1.3pabbesu sati samiñjanapasāraṇaṁ hoti;When there are joints, there’s contracting and extending.1.4kucchismiṁ sati jighacchā pipāsā hoti.When there’s a belly, there’s hunger and thirst.

1.5Evameva kho, bhikkhave, cakkhusmiṁ sati cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati ajjhattaṁ sukhaṁ dukkhaṁ …pe…In the same way, when there’s an eye, pleasure and pain arise internally conditioned by eye contact.1.6jivhāya sati …pe…When there’s an ear … nose … tongue … body …1.7manasmiṁ sati manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati ajjhattaṁ sukhaṁ dukkhaṁ …pe….mind, pleasure and pain arise internally conditioned by mind contact.

2.1Hatthesu, bhikkhave, asati ādānanikkhepanaṁ na hoti;When there are no hands, there’s no picking up and putting down.2.2pādesu asati abhikkamapaṭikkamo na hoti;When there are no feet, there’s no coming and going.2.3pabbesu asati samiñjanapasāraṇaṁ na hoti;When there are no joints, there’s no contracting and extending.2.4kucchismiṁ asati jighacchā pipāsā na hoti.When there’s no belly, there’s no hunger and thirst.

2.5Evameva kho, bhikkhave, cakkhusmiṁ asati cakkhusamphassapaccayā nuppajjati ajjhattaṁ sukhaṁ dukkhaṁ …pe…In the same way, when there’s no eye, pleasure and pain don’t arise internally conditioned by eye contact.2.6jivhāya asati jivhāsamphassapaccayā nuppajjati …pe…When there’s no ear … nose … tongue … body …2.7manasmiṁ asati manosamphassapaccayā nuppajjati ajjhattaṁ sukhaṁ dukkhan”ti.mind, pleasure and pain don’t arise internally conditioned by mind contact.”

2.8Dasamaṁ.

2.9Samuddavaggo tatiyo.

3.0Tassuddānaṁ

3.1Dve samuddā bāḷisiko,3.2khīrarukkhena koṭṭhiko;3.3Kāmabhū udāyī ceva,3.4ādittena ca aṭṭhamaṁ;3.5Hatthapādūpamā dveti,3.6vaggo tena pavuccatīti.