Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta 55

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7. With Migajāla

Six Fields of Contact (2nd)

1 “Mendicants, anyone who doesn’t truly understand the six fields of contact’s origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape has not completed the spiritual journey and is far from this teaching and training.”

2 When he said this, one of the mendicants said to the Buddha, “Here, sir, I’m discouraged, really discouraged. For I don’t truly understand the six fields of contact’s origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape.”

3 “What do you think, mendicant? Do you regard the eye like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self’?”

4 “Yes, sir.”

5 “Good, mendicant! And regarding the eye, you will truly see clearly with right wisdom that: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’ In this way you will give up the first field of contact, so that there are no more future lives.

6 Do you regard the ear … nose … tongue … body …

9 Do you regard the mind like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self’?”

10 “Yes, sir.”

11 “Good, mendicant! And regarding the mind, you will truly see clearly with right wisdom that: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’ In this way you will give up the sixth field of contact, so that there are no more future lives.”