{"id":"sn12.44","title":"The World","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn12.44","title":"The World","units":[{"id":"sn12.44:0","sourceIds":["sn12.44:0.1","sn12.44:0.2","sn12.44:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 12.44\n5. Gahapativagga\nLokasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 12.44\n5. Householders\nThe World"}},{"id":"sn12.44:1","sourceIds":["sn12.44:1.1","sn12.44:1.2","sn12.44:1.3","sn12.44:1.4","sn12.44:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\n“Lokassa, bhikkhave, samudayañca atthaṅgamañca desessāmi.\nTaṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, I will teach you the origin and disappearance of the world.\nListen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”\n“Yes, sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"sn12.44:2","sourceIds":["sn12.44:2.1","sn12.44:2.2","sn12.44:2.3","sn12.44:2.4","sn12.44:2.5","sn12.44:2.6","sn12.44:2.7","sn12.44:2.8","sn12.44:2.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, lokassa samudayo?\nCakkhuñca paṭicca rūpe ca uppajjati cakkhuviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso.\nPhassapaccayā vedanā;\nvedanāpaccayā taṇhā;\ntaṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ;\nupādānapaccayā bhavo;\nbhavapaccayā jāti;\njātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti.\nAyaṁ kho, bhikkhave, lokassa samudayo.","en":"“And what, mendicants, is the origin of the world?\nEye consciousness arises dependent on the eye and sights. The meeting of the three is contact.\nContact is a requirement for feeling.\nFeeling is a requirement for craving.\nCraving is a requirement for grasping.\nGrasping is a requirement for continued existence.\nContinued existence is a requirement for rebirth.\nRebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be.\nThis is the origin of the world."}},{"id":"sn12.44:3","sourceIds":["sn12.44:3.1","sn12.44:3.2","sn12.44:3.3","sn12.44:3.4","sn12.44:3.5","sn12.44:3.6","sn12.44:3.7","sn12.44:3.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sotañca paṭicca sadde ca …pe…\nghānañca paṭicca gandhe ca …\njivhañca paṭicca rase ca …\nkāyañca paṭicca phoṭṭhabbe ca …\nmanañca paṭicca dhamme ca uppajjati manoviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso.\nPhassapaccayā vedanā …pe…\njātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti.\nAyaṁ kho, bhikkhave, lokassa samudayo.","en":"Ear consciousness arises dependent on the ear and sounds. …\nNose consciousness arises dependent on the nose and smells. …\nTongue consciousness arises dependent on the tongue and tastes. …\nBody consciousness arises dependent on the body and touches. …\nMind consciousness arises dependent on the mind and ideas. The meeting of the three is contact.\nContact is a requirement for feeling. …\nRebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be.\nThis is the origin of the world."}},{"id":"sn12.44:4","sourceIds":["sn12.44:4.1","sn12.44:4.2","sn12.44:4.3","sn12.44:4.4","sn12.44:4.5","sn12.44:4.6","sn12.44:4.7","sn12.44:4.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, lokassa atthaṅgamo?\nCakkhuñca paṭicca rūpe ca uppajjati cakkhuviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso.\nPhassapaccayā vedanā;\nvedanāpaccayā taṇhā.\nTassāyeva taṇhāya asesavirāganirodhā upādānanirodho;\nupādānanirodhā bhavanirodho …pe…\nevametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti.\nAyaṁ kho, bhikkhave, lokassa atthaṅgamo.","en":"And what is the ending of the world?\nEye consciousness arises dependent on the eye and sights. The meeting of the three is contact.\nContact is a requirement for feeling.\nFeeling is a requirement for craving.\nWhen that craving fades away and ceases with no residue left behind, grasping ceases.\nWhen grasping ceases, continued existence ceases. …\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.\nThis is the ending of the world."}},{"id":"sn12.44:5","sourceIds":["sn12.44:5.1","sn12.44:5.2","sn12.44:5.3","sn12.44:5.4","sn12.44:5.5","sn12.44:5.6","sn12.44:5.7","sn12.44:5.8","sn12.44:5.9","sn12.44:5.10","sn12.44:5.11","sn12.44:5.12"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sotañca paṭicca sadde ca …pe…\nghānañca paṭicca gandhe ca …\njivhañca paṭicca rase ca …\nkāyañca paṭicca phoṭṭhabbe ca …\nmanañca paṭicca dhamme ca uppajjati manoviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso.\nPhassapaccayā vedanā;\nvedanāpaccayā taṇhā.\nTassāyeva taṇhāya asesavirāganirodhā upādānanirodho;\nupādānanirodhā bhavanirodho …pe…\nevametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti.\nAyaṁ kho, bhikkhave, lokassa atthaṅgamo”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"Ear consciousness arises dependent on the ear and sounds. …\nNose consciousness arises dependent on the nose and smells. …\nTongue consciousness arises dependent on the tongue and tastes. …\nBody consciousness arises dependent on the body and touches. …\nMind consciousness arises dependent on the mind and ideas. The meeting of the three is contact.\nContact is a requirement for feeling.\nFeeling is a requirement for craving.\nWhen that craving fades away and ceases with no residue left behind, grasping ceases.\nWhen grasping ceases, continued existence ceases. …\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.\nThis is the ending of the world.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn12.44/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}