The Buddha teaches that desire and greed for eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind contact is a corruption of the mind that must be abandoned so the mind inclines to renunciation and becomes fit for realizing anything attainable by insight.
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
“Yo, bhikkhave, cakkhusamphassasmiṁ chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso. Yo sotasamphassasmiṁ … yo ghānasamphassasmiṁ … yo jivhāsamphassasmiṁ … yo kāyasamphassasmiṁ … yo manosamphassasmiṁ chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso. Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno …pe… abhiññā sacchikaraṇīyesu dhammesū”ti.
Catutthaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
“Yo, bhikkhave, cakkhusamphassasmiṁ chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso.
“Mendicants, desire and greed for eye contact,
Yo sotasamphassasmiṁ …
ear contact,
yo ghānasamphassasmiṁ …
nose contact,
yo jivhāsamphassasmiṁ …
tongue contact,
yo kāyasamphassasmiṁ …
body contact,
yo manosamphassasmiṁ chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso.
or mind contact is a corruption of the mind. …”
Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno …pe…
abhiññā sacchikaraṇīyesu dhammesū”ti.
Catutthaṁ.
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