For Abandoning Pahṅna Sutta (SN 35:24)

- suttas - - evening talks - short morning talks - lectures - guided meditations - talk collections - other themes - chants - - - - à¹à¸à¸¢ - Franā§ais - Espaā±ol - - Portuguāªs - РÑÑÑкий - - - УкÑаÑнÑÑка Submit Search - Home - Suttas - SN - SN 35:24 For Abandoning ## Browse Suttas Go to Saṃyutta Nikṅya index SN index ## For Abandoning Pahṅna Sutta  (SN 35:24) "Monks, I will teach you the All as a phenomenon to be abandoned. Listen & pay close attention. I will speak." "As you say, lord," the monks responded to him. The Blessed One said, "And which All is a phenomenon to be abandoned? The eye is to be abandoned.1 Forms are to be abandoned. Eye-consciousness is to be abandoned. Eye-contact is to be abandoned. And whatever there is that arises in dependence on eye-contact—experienced as pleasure, pain or neither-pleasure-nor-pain—that too is to be abandoned. "The ear is to be abandoned. Sounds are to be abandoned⦠"The nose is to be abandoned. Aromas are to be abandoned⦠"The tongue is to be abandoned. Flavors are to be abandoned⦠"The body is to be abandoned. Tactile sensations are to be abandoned⦠"The intellect is to be abandoned. Ideas are to be abandoned. Intellect-consciousness is to be abandoned. Intellect-contact is to be abandoned. And whatever there is that arises in dependence on intellect-contact—experienced as pleasure, pain or neither-pleasure-nor-pain—that too is to be abandoned. "This is called the All as a phenomenon to be abandoned." Note 1. To abandon the eye, etc., here means to abandon passion and desire for these things. See SN 27:1–10 - --> - - - -