- Linked Discourses 27.3 Saṁyutta Nikāya 27.3
- 1. Corruptions 1. Kilesavagga
Consciousness Viññāṇasutta
At Sāvatthī. Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
“Mendicants, desire and greed for eye consciousness, “Yo, bhikkhave, cakkhuviññāṇasmiṁ chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso. ear consciousness, Yo sotaviññāṇasmiṁ … nose consciousness, yo ghānaviññāṇasmiṁ … tongue consciousness, yo jivhāviññāṇasmiṁ … body consciousness, yo kāyaviññāṇasmiṁ … or mind consciousness is a corruption of the mind. yo manoviññāṇasmiṁ chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso. When a mendicant has given up mental corruption in these six cases, their mind inclines to renunciation. Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno imesu chasu ṭhānesu cetaso upakkileso pahīno hoti, nekkhammaninnañcassa cittaṁ hoti. A mind imbued with renunciation is declared to be capable of directly knowing anything that can be realized.” Nekkhammaparibhāvitaṁ cittaṁ kammaniyaṁ khāyati, abhiññā sacchikaraṇīyesu dhammesū”ti.
Tatiyaṁ.
