法苑珠林 99.28

99.28

The Ekottarika-āgama also says: The World-Honoured One told Aniruddha, "All phenomena persist on account of nutriment. The eye takes sleep as nutriment; the ear takes sound as nutriment; the nose takes fragrance as nutriment; the tongue takes flavor as nutriment; the body takes softness and smoothness as nutriment; the mind takes phenomena (dharmas) as nutriment; and nirvāṇa takes heedfulness (apramāda) as nutriment."