[641] P. Is it not to be said that all conditioned things (saṅkhārā), without qualification (anodhiṃ katvā), are hot embers (kukkuḷa)?
S. Yes.
P. But was it not said by the Blessed One: "Bhikkhus, all is burning (āditta). And what, bhikkhus, is the all that is burning? The eye, bhikkhus, is burning; forms (rūpā) are burning; eye-consciousness (cakkhuviññāṇa) is burning; eye-contact (cakkhusamphassa) is burning; and whatever feeling (vedayita) arises with eye-contact as condition — whether pleasant, painful, or neither painful nor pleasant — that too is burning. Burning with what? Burning with the fire of lust (rāgaggi), with the fire of hatred (dosaggi), with the fire of delusion (mohaggi); burning with birth (jāti), with aging and death (jarāmaraṇa), with sorrow (soka), with lamentation (parideva), with pain (dukkha), with grief (domanassa), with despair (upāyāsa) — burning, I say. The ear is burning; sounds are burning; … The nose is burning; odours are burning; … The tongue is burning; tastes are burning; … The body is burning; tangible objects (phoṭṭhabbā) are burning; … The mind (mano) is burning; mental phenomena (dhammā) are burning; mind-consciousness (manoviññāṇa) is burning; mind-contact is burning; and whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition — whether pleasant, painful, or neither painful nor pleasant — that too is burning. Burning with what? Burning with the fire of lust, with the fire of hatred, with the fire of delusion; burning with birth, with aging and death, with sorrow, with lamentation, with pain, with grief, with despair — burning, I say." Does such a discourse (suttanta) indeed exist?
S. Yes.
P. Then indeed all conditioned things, without qualification, are hot embers.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.