sn.35.112 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Fully Understanding (2)

Identical with §111, but stated by way of the six external sense bases.

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh

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Complete Understanding of the Exterior

“Mendicants, without directly knowing and completely understanding sights …
sounds …
smells …
tastes …
touches …
thoughts, without dispassion for them and giving them up, you can’t end suffering.
By directly knowing and completely understanding sights …
sounds …
smells …
tastes …
touches …
thoughts, having dispassion for them and giving them up, you can end suffering.”