Saṁphasssutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Nidānavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 16 · Section 336

[336] "And what, bhikkhus, is the diversity of contacts (phassa) that arises in dependence on the diversity of elements (dhātu)? In dependence on the eye element, bhikkhus, there arises eye-contact; in dependence on the ear element … in dependence on the nose element … in dependence on the tongue element … in dependence on the body element … in dependence on the mind element there arises mind-contact. It is in this way, bhikkhus, that in dependence on the diversity of elements there arises the diversity of contacts." The second.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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