The Buddha presents a repeated elevenfold teaching on similarity in this grouped discourse.

AN 11.214-261 Similarity

Cakkhusamphassajāya vedanāya… sotasamphassajāya vedanāya… ghānasamphassajāya vedanāya… jivhāsamphassajāya vedanāya… kāyasamphassajāya vedanāya… manosamphassajāya vedanāya…

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

Cakkhusamphassajāya vedanāya…

“… feeling born of eye contact …

sotasamphassajāya vedanāya…

feeling born of ear contact …

ghānasamphassajāya vedanāya…

feeling born of nose contact …

jivhāsamphassajāya vedanāya…

feeling born of tongue contact …

kāyasamphassajāya vedanāya…

feeling born of body contact …

manosamphassajāya vedanāya…

feeling born of mind contact …

Qualities:

Wisdom

Wisdom

Lived understanding and sound judgment that steers the mind away from suffering, distinct from mere accumulation of facts.

Also known as: (of a person) wise, astute, intelligent, learned, skilled, firm, stable, steadfast, an experiential understanding of the four noble truths
Pāli: paññā, medhā, dhīra, paṇḍita, asammūḷha
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