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The Discourse on the All
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At Sāvatthī.
"I will teach you, monks, the all.
Listen to that.
And what, monks, is the all?
The eye and visible forms, the ear and sounds, the nose and odours, the tongue and flavours, the body and tangibles, the mind and mental phenomena.
This is called, monks, the all.
Whoever, monks, would say thus -
'Having rejected this all, I will declare another all,' for him it would be mere words;
and if questioned he would not be able to explain, and furthermore he would fall into vexation.
What is the reason for this?
Because, monks, it is not within his domain."
The first.