5.
The Discourse on Concentration
5.
Thus have I heard -
On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's park.
There the Blessed One addressed the monks thus:
"Monks."
"Venerable sir," those monks assented to the Blessed One.
The Blessed One said this:
"Monks, develop concentration;
a concentrated monk, monks, understands as it really is.
And what does he understand as it really is?
The origin and passing away of matter, the origin and passing away of feeling, the origin and passing away of perception, the origin and passing away of activities, the origin and passing away of consciousness."
"And what, monks, is the origin of matter, what is the origin of feeling, what is the origin of perception, what is the origin of activities, what is the origin of consciousness? Here, monks, a monk delights in, asserts, and remains grasping.
"And what does he delight in, assert, and remain grasping? He delights in matter, asserts it, and remains grasping it. For him delighting in matter, asserting it, remaining grasping it, delight arises. Whatever delight in matter, that is clinging. With that clinging as condition, existence; with existence as condition, birth; with birth as condition, ageing and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, displeasure, and anguish come to be. Thus is the origin of this whole mass of suffering.
"He delights in feeling, etc. he delights in perception... he delights in activities... he delights in consciousness, asserts it, and remains grasping it. For him delighting in consciousness, asserting it, remaining grasping it, delight arises. Whatever delight in consciousness, that is clinging. With that clinging as condition, existence; with existence as condition, birth; with birth as condition, etc. Thus is the origin of this whole mass of suffering.
"This, monks, is the origin of matter; this is the origin of feeling; this is the origin of perception; this is the origin of activities; this is the origin of consciousness.
"And what, monks, is the passing away of matter, what of feeling... what of perception... what of activities... what is the passing away of consciousness?
Here, monks, one does not delight in, does not assert, does not remain grasping.
"And what does one not delight in, not assert, not remain grasping? One does not delight in matter, does not assert it, does not remain grasping it. For him not delighting in matter, not asserting it, not remaining grasping it, whatever delight in matter, that ceases. From the cessation of his delight comes the cessation of clinging; from the cessation of clinging comes the cessation of existence, etc. Thus is the cessation of this whole mass of suffering.
"One does not delight in feeling, does not assert it, does not remain grasping it. For him not delighting in feeling, not asserting it, not remaining grasping it, whatever delight in feeling, that ceases. From the cessation of his delight comes the cessation of clinging; from the cessation of clinging comes the cessation of existence, etc. Thus is the cessation of this whole mass of suffering.
"One does not delight in perception, etc. One does not delight in activities, does not assert them, does not remain grasping them. For him not delighting in activities, not asserting them, not remaining grasping them, whatever delight in activities, that ceases. From the cessation of his delight comes the cessation of clinging; from the cessation of clinging comes the cessation of existence, etc. Thus is the cessation of this whole mass of suffering.
"One does not delight in consciousness, does not assert it, does not remain grasping it. For him not delighting in consciousness, not asserting it, not remaining grasping it, whatever delight in consciousness, that ceases. From the cessation of his delight comes the cessation of clinging, etc. Thus is the cessation of this whole mass of suffering.
"This, monks, is the passing away of matter, this is the passing away of feeling, this is the passing away of perception, this is the passing away of activities, this is the passing away of consciousness." The fifth.