The Buddha teaches on the six sense bases regarding complete understanding of the interior, guiding disciples toward discernment of sense experience and release from clinging.
“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, anabhijānaṁ aparijānaṁ avirājayaṁ appajahaṁ abhabbo dukkhakkhayāya.
Sotaṁ … ghānaṁ … jivhaṁ … kāyaṁ … manaṁ anabhijānaṁ aparijānaṁ avirājayaṁ appajahaṁ abhabbo dukkhakkhayāya.
Cakkhuñca kho, bhikkhave, abhijānaṁ parijānaṁ virājayaṁ pajahaṁ bhabbo dukkhakkhayāya …pe…
jivhaṁ … kāyaṁ … manaṁ abhijānaṁ parijānaṁ virājayaṁ pajahaṁ bhabbo dukkhakkhayāyā”ti.
Aṭṭhamaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, anabhijānaṁ aparijānaṁ avirājayaṁ appajahaṁ abhabbo dukkhakkhayāya.
“Mendicants, without directly knowing and completely understanding the eye, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering.
Sotaṁ …
Without directly knowing and completely understanding the ear …
ghānaṁ …
nose …
jivhaṁ …
tongue …
kāyaṁ …
body …
manaṁ anabhijānaṁ aparijānaṁ avirājayaṁ appajahaṁ abhabbo dukkhakkhayāya.
mind, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering.
Cakkhuñca kho, bhikkhave, abhijānaṁ parijānaṁ virājayaṁ pajahaṁ bhabbo dukkhakkhayāya …pe…
By directly knowing and completely understanding the eye, having dispassion for it and giving it up, you can end suffering.
jivhaṁ …
By directly knowing and completely understanding the ear … nose … tongue …
kāyaṁ …
body …
manaṁ abhijānaṁ parijānaṁ virājayaṁ pajahaṁ bhabbo dukkhakkhayāyā”ti.
mind, having dispassion for it and giving it up, you can end suffering.”
Aṭṭhamaṁ.
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Last updated on July 27, 2026