The World Loka Sutta (SN 35:82)

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('â', The world, the world [loka],â it is said. In what respect does the word ),

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('â', worldâ apply?" "Insofar as it disintegrates [lujjati], monk, it is called the ),

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('â', world.â Now what disintegrates? The eye disintegrates. Forms disintegrate. Eye-consciousness disintegrates. Eye-contact disintegrates. And whatever there is that arises in dependence on eye-contact—experienced as pleasure, pain or neither-pleasure-nor-pain—that too disintegrates. "The ear disintegrates. Sounds disintegrate⦠"The nose disintegrates. Aromas disintegrate⦠"The tongue disintegrates. Tastes disintegrate⦠"The body disintegrates. Tactile sensations disintegrate⦠"The intellect disintegrates. Ideas disintegrate. Intellect-consciousness disintegrates. Intellect-contact disintegrates. And whatever there is that arises in dependence on intellect-contact—experienced as pleasure, pain or neither-pleasure-nor-pain—that too disintegrates. "Insofar as it disintegrates, it is called the ),

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('â', world.â" [Because the word loka can also mean ),

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('â', cosmos,â this discourse can also be translated as follows:] Then a certain monk went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side. As he was sitting there, he said to the Blessed One: "),

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('â', The cosmos, the cosmos [loka],â it is said. In what respect does the word ),

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('â', cosmosâ apply?" "Insofar as it disintegrates [lujjati], monk, it is called the ),

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('â', cosmos.â Now what disintegrates? The eye disintegrates. Forms disintegrate. Eye-consciousness disintegrates. Eye-contact disintegrates. And whatever there is that arises in dependence on eye-contact—experienced as pleasure, pain or neither-pleasure-nor-pain—that too disintegrates. "The ear disintegrates. Sounds disintegrate⦠"The nose disintegrates. Aromas disintegrate⦠"The tongue disintegrates. Tastes disintegrate⦠"The body disintegrates. Tactile sensations disintegrate⦠"The intellect disintegrates. Ideas disintegrate. Intellect-consciousness disintegrates. Intellect-contact disintegrates. And whatever there is that arises in dependence on intellect-contact—experienced as pleasure, pain or neither-pleasure-nor-pain—that too disintegrates. "Insofar as it disintegrates, it is called the ),

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('â', cosmos.â"1 Note 1. For alternative definition of "world/cosmos," see AN 9:38. See also: DN 11; MN 82; SN 12:48; AN 4:45; AN 10:95 - --> - - - -