Guhaṭṭhakasuttaniddesa

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Mahāniddesa · Vol. 29 · Section 51

[51] **"I see ... trembling in the world."** *"I see"*: I see with the fleshly eye, I see with the divine eye (dibbacakkhu), I see with the eye of wisdom (paññācakkhu), I see with the Buddha-eye (buddhacakkhu), I see with the all-seeing eye (samantacakkhu); I see, I behold, I look upon, I contemplate, I examine. *"In the world"*: in the world of the states of loss, the world of human beings, the world of devas, the world of aggregates (khandha), the world of elements (dhātu), the world of sense bases (āyatana). *"Trembling"*: trembling with the trembling of craving (taṇhā), trembling with the trembling of view, trembling with the trembling of defilements, trembling with the trembling of exertion, trembling with the trembling of kammic result, trembling with the trembling of misconduct; trembling with the lust of one impassioned, trembling with the hatred of one who hates, trembling with the delusion of one deluded, trembling with conceit that binds, trembling with view that has been misapprehended, trembling with restlessness gone to distraction, trembling with doubt that has reached no conclusion, trembling with latent tendencies grown strong; trembling with gain, trembling with loss, trembling with fame, trembling with disrepute, trembling with praise, trembling with blame, trembling with pleasure, trembling with pain; trembling with birth, trembling with aging, trembling with illness, trembling with death, trembling with sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair; trembling with the suffering (dukkha) of hell, trembling with the suffering of the animal realm, trembling with the suffering of the realm of ghosts, trembling with human suffering; trembling with the suffering rooted in descent into the womb, trembling with the suffering rooted in remaining in the womb, trembling with the suffering rooted in emerging from the womb; trembling with the suffering bound up with one who is born, trembling with the suffering of one who is born being dependent upon others; trembling with the suffering caused by one's own exertion, trembling with the suffering caused by the exertion of others; trembling with the suffering that is painful feeling, trembling with the suffering of formations, trembling with the suffering of change; trembling with the suffering of eye-disease, trembling with the suffering of ear-disease, trembling with the suffering of nose-disease, with the suffering of tongue-disease, with the suffering of body-disease, with the suffering of head-disease, with ear-disease, mouth-disease, tooth-disease, cough, asthma, catarrh, burning fever, fever, stomach disease, fainting, dysentery, colic, cholera, leprosy, boils, eczema, consumption, epilepsy, ringworm, itch, scab, pox, scabies, disease of the blood, disease of the bile, diabetes, hemorrhoids, pustules, fistula; with affliction arising from bile, affliction arising from phlegm, affliction arising from wind, affliction arising from their combination, affliction born of the change of seasons, affliction born of careless conduct, affliction born of assault, affliction born of the result of kamma; with cold, with heat, with hunger, with thirst, with the need to defecate, with the need to urinate, with the suffering of contact with gadflies, mosquitoes, wind, sun, and creeping creatures; with the suffering of the death of a mother, with the suffering of the death of a father, with the suffering of the death of a brother, with the suffering of the death of a sister, with the suffering of the death of a son, with the suffering of the death of a daughter; with the suffering of the loss of relatives, the loss of wealth, loss through illness, the loss of virtue, the loss of view — trembling, quaking, writhing, shaking, shuddering, trembling violently: I see, I behold, I look upon, I contemplate, I examine. Therefore it is said: "I see ... trembling in the world."

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