SN 35.82 Loka Sutta

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SN 35.82 Loka Sutta : The World
Then a certain monk went to the Lord Buddha and, on arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side. As he was sitting there, he said to the Lord Buddha: "'The world, the world'(1) it is said. In what respect does the word 'world' apply?

"Insofar as it disintegrates,(2) monk, it is called the 'world.' Now what disintegrates? The eye disintegrates. Forms disintegrate. Consciousness at the eye disintegrates. contact(of senses with their objects) at the eye disintegrates. And whatever there is that arises in dependence on contact(of senses with their objects) at the eye — experienced as pleasure, pain or neither-pleasure-nor-pain — that too disintegrates.

"The ear disintegrates. Sounds disintegrate...

"The nose disintegrates. Aromas disintegrate...

"The tongue disintegrates. Tastes disintegrate...

"The body disintegrates. Tactile sensations disintegrate...

"The intellect disintegrates. Ideas disintegrate. Consciousness at the intellect consciousness disintegrates. contact(of senses with their objects) at the intellect disintegrates. And whatever there is that arises in dependence on contact(of senses with their objects) at the intellect — experienced as pleasure, pain or neither-pleasure-nor-pain — that too disintegrates.

"Insofar as it disintegrates, it is called the 'world.'"

Notes:

1.Loka — also "cosmos/world."

2.Lujjati.