Saṁyutta Nikāya 14.10
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 14.10
1. Nānattavagga
1. Diversity
Dutiyabāhiraphassanānattasutta
No Diversity of Gains
Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.
At Sāvatthī.
“Dhātunānattaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭicca uppajjati saññānānattaṁ,
“Mendicants, diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of perceptions.
saññānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati saṅkappanānattaṁ,
Diversity of perceptions gives rise to diversity of thoughts. …
phassa …
contacts …
vedanā …
feelings …
chanda …
desires …
pariḷāha …
passions …
pariyesanānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati lābhanānattaṁ;
Diversity of searches gives rise to diversity of gains.
no lābhanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati pariyesanānānattaṁ,
Diversity of gains doesn’t give rise to diversity of searches.
no pariyesanānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati pariḷāhanānattaṁ, no pariḷāhanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati …pe…
Diversity of searches doesn’t give rise to diversity of passions. …
chanda …
desires …
vedanā …
feelings …
phassa …
contacts …
saṅkappa …
thoughts …
saññānānattaṁ, no saññānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhātunānattaṁ.
Diversity of perceptions doesn’t give rise to diversity of elements.
Katamañca, bhikkhave, dhātunānattaṁ?
And what is the diversity of elements?
Rūpadhātu …pe… dhammadhātu—
The sight element, the sound element, the smell element, the taste element, the touch element, and the idea element.
idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dhātunānattaṁ.
This is called the diversity of elements.
Kathañca, bhikkhave, dhātunānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati saññānānattaṁ,
And how does diversity of elements give rise to diversity of perceptions,
saññānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati saṅkappanānattaṁ?
and diversity of perceptions give rise to diversity of thoughts?
Phassa …
contacts …
vedanā …
feelings …
chanda …
desires …
pariḷāha …
passions …
pariyesanā …
searches …
lābha …
gains …
no lābhanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati pariyesanānānattaṁ,
while diversity of gains doesn’t give rise to diversity of searches …
no pariyesanānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati pariḷāha …
passions …
chanda …
desires …
vedanā …
feelings …
phassa …
contacts …
no saṅkappanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati saññānānattaṁ, no saññānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhātunānattaṁ?
thoughts … perceptions … elements?
Rūpadhātuṁ, bhikkhave, paṭicca uppajjati rūpasaññā …pe…
The sight element gives rise to the perception of sights …
dhammadhātuṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammasaññā, dhammasaññaṁ paṭicca uppajjati …pe…
The idea element gives rise to the perception of ideas …
dhammapariyesanā, dhammapariyesanaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammalābho;
The search for ideas gives rise to gaining ideas.
no dhammalābhaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammapariyesanā, no dhammapariyesanaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammapariḷāho, no dhammapariḷāhaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammacchando, no dhammacchandaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammasamphassajā vedanā, no dhammasamphassajaṁ vedanaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammasamphasso, no dhammasamphassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammasaṅkappo, no dhammasaṅkappaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammasaññā, no dhammasaññaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammadhātu.
The gaining of ideas doesn’t give rise to the search for ideas. The search for ideas doesn’t give rise to the passion for ideas. The passion for ideas doesn’t give rise to the desire for ideas. The desire for ideas doesn’t give rise to feeling born of idea contact. Feeling born of idea contact doesn’t give rise to idea contact. Idea contact doesn’t give rise to thoughts about ideas. Thoughts about ideas don’t give rise to perceptions of ideas. Perceptions of ideas don’t give rise to the idea element.
Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dhātunānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati saññānānattaṁ, saññānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati …pe…
That’s how diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of perceptions …
saṅkappa …
phassa …
vedanā …
chanda …
pariḷāha …
pariyesanā …
lābha …
no lābhanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati pariyesanānānattaṁ, no pariyesanānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati pariḷāhanānattaṁ, no pariḷāhanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati chandanānattaṁ, no chandanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati vedanānānattaṁ, no vedanānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati phassanānattaṁ, no phassanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati saṅkappanānattaṁ, no saṅkappanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati saññānānattaṁ, no saññānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhātunānattan”ti.
diversity of perceptions doesn’t give rise to diversity of elements.”
Dasamaṁ.
Nānattavaggo paṭhamo.
Tassuddānaṁ
Dhātuphassañca no cetaṁ,
vedanā apare duve;
Etaṁ ajjhattapañcakaṁ,
dhātusaññañca no cetaṁ;
Phassassa apare duve,
etaṁ bāhirapañcakanti.