Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.3255
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.3255
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4. Koṭṭhita Sutta.—Koṭṭhita visits Sāriputta at Isipatana and asks him which is true: to say that the eye is the bond of objects or that objects are the bond of the eye? Sāriputta replies that neither is true: the bond consists in the desire and lust arising from their contact. If two men be yoked one to the other, the bond consists not in either of the men but in the yoke-tie which binds them. If this were not so, the religious life would be purposeless.¹