9.
The Discourse on the Question about the World
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Then a certain monk approached the Blessed One, etc.
Seated to one side, that monk said this to the Blessed One:
"'World, world', venerable sir, is said. In what way, venerable sir, is it called 'world'?" "'It falls apart', monk, therefore it is called 'world'. And what falls apart? The eye, monk, falls apart. Visible forms fall apart, eye-consciousness falls apart, eye-contact falls apart, whatever feeling arises with eye-contact as condition - whether pleasant or unpleasant or neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant - that too falls apart. Etc. The tongue falls apart, etc. The mind falls apart, mental phenomena fall apart, mind-consciousness falls apart, mind-contact falls apart, whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition - whether pleasant or unpleasant or neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant - that too falls apart. 'It falls apart', monk, therefore it is called 'world'." The ninth.