Linked Discourses 33.6–10 Saṁyutta Nikāya 33.6–10
1. With Vacchagotta 1. Vacchagottavagga
Five Discourses on Not Seeing Form, Etc. Rūpaadassanādisuttapañcaka
At Sāvatthī. Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
Then the wanderer Vacchagotta said to the Buddha: Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho vacchagotto paribbājako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
“What is the cause, worthy Gotama, what is the reason why these various misconceptions arise in the world? …” “ko nu kho, bho gotama, hetu, ko paccayo, yānimāni anekavihitāni diṭṭhigatāni loke uppajjanti—
sassato lokoti vā, asassato lokoti vā …pe…
neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇāti vā”ti?
“Vaccha, it is because of not seeing form …” “Rūpe kho, vaccha, adassanā …pe…
rūpanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya adassanā …pe…
“… feeling …” vedanāya …
“… perception …” saññāya …
“… choices …” saṅkhāresu kho, vaccha, adassanā …pe…
“… consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation …” viññāṇe kho, vaccha, adassanā …pe… viññāṇanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya adassanā …pe….
Dasamaṁ.