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The Discourse on the Nature of Disintegration
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At Sāvatthī.
Then the Venerable Ānanda approached the Blessed One, etc.
Seated to one side, the Venerable Ānanda said this to the Blessed One -
"'World, world', venerable sir, is said. In what way, venerable sir, is it called 'world'?" "Whatever, Ānanda, is subject to disintegration, this is called 'world' in the Noble One's discipline. And what, Ānanda, is subject to disintegration? The eye, Ānanda, is subject to disintegration, material forms are subject to disintegration, eye-consciousness is subject to disintegration, eye-contact is subject to disintegration, whatever arises with eye-contact as condition, etc. that too is subject to disintegration, etc. The tongue is subject to disintegration, flavours are subject to disintegration, tongue-consciousness is subject to disintegration, tongue-contact is subject to disintegration, whatever arises with tongue-contact as condition, etc. that too is subject to disintegration, etc. The mind is subject to disintegration, mental phenomena are subject to disintegration, mind-consciousness is subject to disintegration, mind-contact is subject to disintegration, whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition - whether pleasant or unpleasant or neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant - that too is subject to disintegration. Whatever, Ānanda, is subject to disintegration, this is called 'world' in the Noble One's discipline." The first.