Sattakanipāta 96

Numbered Discourses 7.96–614

10. Worthy of Offerings

Observing Suffering in the Eye, Etc.

1 “Mendicants, these seven individuals are worthy of offerings … What seven?

First, take an individual who meditates observing suffering in the eye. … observing not-self in the eye. … observing ending in the eye. … observing vanishing in the eye. … observing fading away in the eye. … observing cessation in the eye. … observing letting go in the eye. …

2 … ear … nose … tongue … body … mind …

3 … sights … sounds … smells … tastes … touches … ideas …

4 … eye consciousness … ear consciousness … nose consciousness … tongue consciousness … body consciousness … mind consciousness …

5 … eye contact … ear contact … nose contact … tongue contact … body contact … mind contact …

6 … feeling born of eye contact … feeling born of ear contact … feeling born of nose contact … feeling born of tongue contact … feeling born of body contact … feeling born of mind contact …

7 perception of sights … perception of sounds … perception of smells … perception of tastes … perception of touches … perception of ideas …

8 … intention regarding sights … intention regarding sounds … intention regarding smells … intention regarding tastes … intention regarding touches … intention regarding ideas …

9 … craving for sights … craving for sounds … craving for smells … craving for tastes … craving for touches … craving for ideas …

10 … thoughts about sights … thoughts about sounds … thoughts about smells … thoughts about tastes … thoughts about touches … thoughts about ideas …

11 … considerations regarding sights … considerations regarding sounds … considerations regarding smells … considerations regarding tastes … considerations regarding touches … considerations regarding ideas …

12 … meditates observing impermanence in the five aggregates … the aggregate of form … the aggregate of feeling … the aggregate of perception … the aggregate of choices … the aggregate of consciousness … meditates observing suffering … not-self … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation … letting go …”