The Buddha teaches that the arising, continuation, and manifestation of feelings born of eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind contact is the arising of suffering, the continuation of disease, and the manifestation of old age and death—and that their cessation is the cessation of suffering.
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
“Yo kho, bhikkhave, cakkhusamphassajāya vedanāya uppādo ṭhiti …pe… jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo …pe….
Yo manosamphassajāya vedanāya uppādo ṭhiti …pe… jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo. Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, cakkhusamphassajāya vedanāya nirodho vūpasamo …pe… jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo …pe… yo manosamphassajāya vedanāya nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṁ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo”ti.
Pañcamaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
“Yo kho, bhikkhave, cakkhusamphassajāya vedanāya uppādo ṭhiti …pe… jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo …pe….
“Mendicants, the arising of feeling born of eye contact …
Yo manosamphassajāya vedanāya uppādo ṭhiti …pe…
the arising of feeling born of mind contact …
jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo.
is the manifestation of old age and death.
Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, cakkhusamphassajāya vedanāya nirodho vūpasamo …pe…
The cessation of feeling born of eye contact …
jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo …pe…
yo manosamphassajāya vedanāya nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṁ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo”ti.
the cessation of feeling born of mind contact … is the disappearance of old age and death.”
Pañcamaṁ.
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Last updated on July 27, 2026