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Plain Version

Suddhakasutta

Six faculties: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.25Linked Discourses 48.25
  • 0.23. Chaḷindriyavagga3. The Six Faculties

0.3SuddhakasuttaPlain Version

1.1“Chayimāni, bhikkhave, indriyāni.“Mendicants, there are these six faculties.11.2Katamāni cha?What six?1.3Cakkhundriyaṁ, sotindriyaṁ, ghānindriyaṁ, jivhindriyaṁ, kāyindriyaṁ, manindriyaṁ—The faculties of the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind.1.4imāni kho, bhikkhave, cha indriyānī”ti.These are the six faculties.”

1.5Pañcamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. Here begins discussion of the six sense faculties.

    ↩ sn48.25:1.1