… Rūpavitakke… saddavitakke… gandhavitakke… rasavitakke… phoṭṭhabbavitakke… dhammavitakke…
The Buddha presents a repeated elevenfold teaching on similarity in this grouped discourse.
AN 11.406–453 Similarity
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
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…
Rūpavitakke…
“… thoughts about sights …
saddavitakke…
thoughts about sounds …
gandhavitakke…
thoughts about smells …
rasavitakke…
thoughts about tastes …
phoṭṭhabbavitakke…
thoughts about touches …
dhammavitakke…
thoughts about ideas. …”
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