1.1PTS 4.40“‘Loko, loko’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘the world’.1.2Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, loko vā assa lokapaññatti vā”ti?How do we define the world or what is known as the world?”¹

1.3“Yattha kho, samiddhi, atthi cakkhu, atthi rūpā, atthi cakkhuviññāṇaṁ, atthi cakkhuviññāṇaviññātabbā dhammā, atthi tattha loko vā lokapaññatti vāti …pe…“Samiddhi, where there is the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and things knowable by eye consciousness, there is the world or what is known as the world.1.4atthi jivhā …pe…Where there is the ear … nose … tongue … body …1.5atthi mano, atthi dhammā, atthi manoviññāṇaṁ, atthi manoviññāṇaviññātabbā dhammā, atthi tattha loko vā lokapaññatti vā.Where there is the mind, ideas, mind consciousness, and things knowable by mind consciousness, there is the world or what is known as the world.

2.1Yattha ca kho, samiddhi, natthi cakkhu, natthi rūpā, natthi cakkhuviññāṇaṁ, natthi cakkhuviññāṇaviññātabbā dhammā, natthi tattha loko vā lokapaññatti vā …pe…Where there is no eye, no sights, no eye consciousness, and no things knowable by eye consciousness, there is no world or what is known as the world.2.2natthi jivhā …pe…Where there is no ear … nose … tongue … body …2.3natthi mano, natthi dhammā, natthi manoviññāṇaṁ, natthi manoviññāṇaviññātabbā dhammā, natthi tattha loko vā lokapaññatti vā”ti.Where there is no mind, no ideas, no mind consciousness, and no things knowable by mind consciousness, there is no world or what is known as the world.”

2.4Chaṭṭhaṁ.