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Mahanidanasutta 19.1-5

Mahānidānasutta 19.1-5

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Pāli

19.1

‘Phassapaccayā vedanā’ti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ, tadānanda, imināpetaṃ pariyāyena veditabbaṃ, yathā phassapaccayā vedanā.

‘Contact is a requirement for feeling’—that’s what I said. And this is a way to understand how this is so.

The Great Discourse on Causation

19.2

Phasso ca hi, ānanda, nābhavissa sabbena sabbaṃ sabbathā sabbaṃ kassaci kimhici, seyyathidaṃ—

Suppose there were totally and utterly no contact for anyone anywhere.

The Great Discourse on Causation

19.3

cakkhusamphasso sotasamphasso ghānasamphasso jivhāsamphasso kāyasamphasso manosamphasso, sabbaso phasse asati phassanirodhā api nu kho vedanā paññāyethā”ti?

That is, contact through the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind. When there’s no contact at all, with the cessation of contact, would feeling still be found?”

The Great Discourse on Causation

19.4

“No hetaṃ, bhante”.

“No, sir.”

The Great Discourse on Causation

19.5

“Tasmātihānanda, eseva hetu etaṃ nidānaṃ esa samudayo esa paccayo vedanāya, yadidaṃ phasso.

“That’s why this is the cause, source, origin, and reason of feeling, namely contact.

The Great Discourse on Causation

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