The Long Āgama Sūtra 14.48

14.48

爾時，帝釋白佛言：「世尊！如來略說，未廣分別，我以具解。眼知色，我說有二：可親、不可親。耳聲、鼻香、舌味、身觸、意法有二：可親、不可親。世尊！如眼觀色，善法損減，不善法增，如此眼知色，我說不可親；耳聲、鼻香、舌味、身觸、意知法，善法損減，不善法增，我說不可親。世尊！如眼見色，善法增長，不善法減，如是眼知色，我說可親；耳聲、鼻香、舌味、身觸、意知法，善法增長，不善法減，我說可親。」

Lord Śakra said to the Buddha, “Bhagavān, without a detailed discernment of this concise statement by the Tathāgata, I don’t fully understand, ‘The eye perceives form, which I say are of two kinds: approachable and unapproachable. The ear … sounds … nose … odors … tongue … flavors … body … touches … mind … notions, which I say are of two kinds: approachable and unapproachable.’

“Bhagavān, when skillful qualities decrease and unskillful qualities increase as the eye observes forms, I would say this is the same as the eye perceiving forms that are unapproachable. When skillful qualities decrease and unskillful qualities increase as the ear … sounds … nose … odors … tongue … flavors … body … touches … mind … notions, I would say they are unapproachable.

“Bhagavān, when skillful qualities increase and unskillful qualities decrease as the eye sees form, I would say this is the same as the eye perceiving forms are that approachable. When skillful qualities increase and unskillful qualities decrease as the ear … sounds … nose … odors … tongue … flavors … body … touches … mind … notions, I would say they are approachable.”