6.
The Discourse on Pañcasikha
119.
On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Rājagaha on the Mount Vulture Peak.
Then Pañcasikha, the gandhabba young god, approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and stood to one side.
Standing to one side, Pañcasikha, the gandhabba young god, said this to the Blessed One:
"What, venerable sir, is the cause, what is the condition, whereby some beings here do not attain final nibbāna in this very life?
But what, venerable sir, is the cause, what is the condition, whereby some beings here attain final nibbāna in this very life?"
"There are, Pañcasikha, visible forms cognisable by the eye, etc.
There are, Pañcasikha, mental phenomena cognisable by the mind that are desirable, pleasing, agreeable, lovely, sensually arousing, and enticing.
If a monk delights in that, asserts it, and remains grasping it.
For him delighting in that, asserting it, remaining grasping it, consciousness becomes dependent on that, clinging to that.
A monk with clinging, Pañcasikha, does not attain final nibbāna.
This, Pañcasikha, is the cause, this is the condition, whereby some beings here do not attain final nibbāna in this very life."
"And there are, Pañcasikha, visible forms cognisable by the eye that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, etc. There are, Pañcasikha, mental phenomena cognisable by the mind that are desirable, pleasing, agreeable, lovely, sensually arousing, and enticing. If a monk does not delight in that, does not assert it, and does not remain grasping it, for him not delighting in that, not asserting it, not remaining grasping it, consciousness does not become dependent on that, does not cling to that. A monk without clinging, Pañcasikha, attains final nibbāna. This, Pañcasikha, is the cause, this is the condition, whereby some beings here attain final nibbāna in this very life." The sixth.