Nikaya

Where Suffering Subsides

Linked Discourses 35.112

  1. Sanctuary from the Yoke

Complete Understanding of the Exterior

“Mendicants, without directly knowing and completely understanding sights …

sounds …

smells …

tastes …

touches …

ideas, without dispassion for them and giving them up, you can’t end suffering.

By directly knowing and completely understanding sights …

sounds …

smells …

tastes …

touches …

ideas, having dispassion for them and giving them up, you can end suffering.”