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SN 27.2

Rūpa sutta: Sights

Rūpasutta

Kilesavagga

Desire for six exterior sense fields is a corruption of the mind, and letting go such desire one is able to realize the various kinds of direct knowledge.

Translations

At Sāvatthī.

“Mendicants, desire and greed for sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, or ideas is a corruption of the mind. When a mendicant has given up mental corruption in these six cases, their mind inclines to renunciation. A mind imbued with renunciation is said to be fit for work regarding anything that can be realized by insight.”

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