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The Discourse on Samiddhi's Question about the World
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"'World, world', venerable sir, is said.
In what way, venerable sir, would there be the world or the popular designation of the world?"
"Where, Samiddhi, there is the eye, there are forms, there is eye-consciousness, there are phenomena to be cognised by eye-consciousness, there is the world or the popular designation of the world. Etc.
There is the tongue, etc.
There is the mind, there are mental phenomena, there is mind-consciousness, there are phenomena to be cognised by mind-consciousness, there is the world or the popular designation of the world.
"But where, Samiddhi, there is no eye, there are no forms, there is no eye-consciousness, there are no phenomena to be cognised by eye-consciousness, there is no world or popular designation of the world. Etc. There is no tongue, etc. There is no mind, there are no mental phenomena, there is no mind-consciousness, there are no phenomena to be cognised by mind-consciousness, there is no world or popular designation of the world." The sixth.