Flowers Puppha Sutta (SN 22:94)
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('â', It doesnât exist.â Whatever is agreed upon by the wise as existing in the world, of that I too say, ),
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('â', It exists.â "And what is agreed upon by the wise as not existing in the world that I too say, ),
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('â', It doesnât existâ? "Form thatâs constant, permanent, eternal, not subject to change is agreed upon by the wise as not existing in the world, and I too say, ),
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('â', It doesnât exist.â "Feeling thatâs constant, permanent, eternal, not subject to change is agreed upon by the wise as not existing in the world, and I too say, ),
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('â', It doesnât exist.â "Perception thatâs constant, permanent, eternal, not subject to change is agreed upon by the wise as not existing in the world, and I too say, ),
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('â', It doesnât exist.â "Fabrications that are constant, permanent, eternal, not subject to change are agreed upon by the wise as not existing in the world, and I too say, ),
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('â', They donât exist.â "Consciousness thatâs constant, permanent, eternal, not subject to change is agreed upon by the wise as not existing in the world, and I too say, ),
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('â', It doesnât exist.â "And what is agreed upon by the wise as existing in the world that I too say, ),
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('â', It existsâ? "Form thatâs inconstant, stressful, subject to change is agreed upon by the wise as existing in the world, and I too say, ),
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('â', It exists.â "Feeling thatâs inconstant, stressful, subject to change is agreed upon by the wise as existing in the world, and I too say, ),
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('â', It exists.â "Perception thatâs inconstant, stressful, subject to change is agreed upon by the wise as existing in the world, and I too say, ),
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('â', It exists.â "Fabrications that are inconstant, stressful, subject to change are agreed upon by the wise as existing in the world, and I too say, ),
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('â', They exist.â "Consciousness thatâs inconstant, stressful, subject to change is agreed upon by the wise as existing in the world, and I too say, ),
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('â', It exists.â2 "Monks, there is a world-phenomenon in the world that the Tathṅgata directly awakens to, breaks through to. Directly awakening to & breaking through to that, he declares it, teaches it, describes it, sets it forth. He reveals it, explains it, makes it plain. And what is a world-phenomenon in the world that the Tathṅgata directly awakens to, breaks through to, that—directly awakening to & breaking through to it—he declares, teaches, describes, sets forth, reveals, explains, makes plain?3 "Form is a world-phenomenon in the world that the Tathṅgata directly awakens to, breaks through to. Directly awakening to & breaking through to that, he declares it, teaches it, describes it, sets it forth. He reveals it, explains it, makes it plain. Whoever—when that is being declared, taught, described, set forth, revealed, explained, & made plain by the Tathṅgata—doesnât know, doesnât see, then what can I do for that fool, that run-of-the-mill person: blind, without eye-sight, not knowing, not seeing? "Feeling is a world-phenomenon in the world.⦠"Perception is a world-phenomenon in the world.⦠"Fabrications are world-phenomena in the world.⦠"Consciousness is a world-phenomenon in the world that the Tathṅgata directly awakens to, breaks through to. Directly awakening to & breaking through to that, he declares it, teaches it, describes it, sets it forth. He reveals it, explains it, makes it plain. Whoever—when that is being declared, taught, described, set forth, revealed, explained, & made plain by the Tathṅgata—doesnât know, doesnât see, then what can I do for that fool, that run-of-the-mill person: blind, without eye-sight, not knowing, not seeing? "Monks, just as a blue, red, or white lotus—born in the water, grown up in the water—stands having risen above the water, unsmeared by the water; in the same way, the Tathṅgata—born in the world, grown up in the world—dwells having conquered the world, unsmeared by the world." Notes 1. This sentence could also be translated as, "A proponent of the Dhamma doesnât dispute with anyone in the world." The word "world" here is in the locative case, which can mean either "in the world" or "with regard to the world." However, the locative form used in this sentence (lokasmiṃ) is different from the locative form used in the following sentence (loke). Because loke in the following sentence clearly means "in the world," the use of a different form of the locative in this sentence may have been intended to indicate that the locative here is meant with a different sense. 2. See SN 12:15, note 3. 3. The latter part of this sentence—"that—directly awakening to & breaking through to it—he declares, teaches, describes, sets forth, reveals, explains, makes plain?"—is present in all the major editions of the Canon but is missing in CDB. - --> - - - -