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The Discourse on Diversity of Elements
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He was dwelling at Sāvatthī, etc.
"I will teach you, monks, the diversity of elements.
Listen to that and attend closely,
I will speak."
"Yes, venerable sir," those monks assented to the Blessed One.
The Blessed One said this:
"And what, monks, is the diversity of elements? Eye element, visible form element, eye-consciousness element; ear element, sound element, ear-consciousness element; nose element, odour element, nose-consciousness element; tongue element, flavour element, tongue-consciousness element; body element, tangible element, body-consciousness element; mind element, mental-phenomena element, mind-consciousness element - this is called, monks, the diversity of elements." The first.