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The First Discourse on Not Fully Understanding
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"Monks, without directly knowing and fully understanding the all, without becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is incapable of eliminating suffering.
And what, monks, is that all which, without directly knowing and fully understanding, without becoming dispassionate towards and abandoning, one is incapable of eliminating suffering?
Monks, without directly knowing and fully understanding the eye, without becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is incapable of eliminating suffering.
Without directly knowing and fully understanding visible forms, without becoming dispassionate towards them and abandoning them, one is incapable of eliminating suffering.
Without directly knowing and fully understanding eye-consciousness, without becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is incapable of eliminating suffering.
Without directly knowing and fully understanding eye-contact, without becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is incapable of eliminating suffering.
Whatever feeling arises with eye-contact as condition - whether pleasant or unpleasant or neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant - that too, without directly knowing and fully understanding it, without becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is incapable of eliminating suffering. ...
Without directly knowing and fully understanding the tongue, without becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is incapable of eliminating suffering.
Flavours...
Tongue-consciousness...
Tongue-contact...
Whatever feeling arises with tongue-contact as condition - whether pleasant or unpleasant or neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant - that too, without directly knowing and fully understanding it, without becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is incapable of eliminating suffering.
The body...
Without directly knowing and fully understanding the mind, without becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is incapable of eliminating suffering.
Mind-objects...
Mind-consciousness...
Mind-contact...
Whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition - whether pleasant or unpleasant or neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant - that too, without directly knowing and fully understanding it, without becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is incapable of eliminating suffering.
This, monks, is the all which, without directly knowing and fully understanding, without becoming dispassionate towards and abandoning, one is incapable of eliminating suffering.
"But, monks, by directly knowing and fully understanding the all, by becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is capable of eliminating suffering. And what, monks, is that all which, by directly knowing and fully understanding, by becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is capable of eliminating suffering? Monks, by directly knowing and fully understanding the eye, by becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is capable of eliminating suffering. By directly knowing and fully understanding visible forms, by becoming dispassionate towards them and abandoning them, one is capable of eliminating suffering. By directly knowing and fully understanding eye-consciousness, by becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is capable of eliminating suffering. By directly knowing and fully understanding eye-contact, by becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is capable of eliminating suffering. Whatever feeling arises with eye-contact as condition - whether pleasant or unpleasant or neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant - that too, by directly knowing and fully understanding it, by becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is capable of eliminating suffering. ... By directly knowing and fully understanding the tongue, by becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is capable of eliminating suffering. Flavours... Tongue-consciousness... Tongue-contact... Whatever feeling arises with tongue-contact as condition - whether pleasant or unpleasant or neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant - that too, by directly knowing and fully understanding it, by becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is capable of eliminating suffering. The body... By directly knowing and fully understanding the mind, by becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is capable of eliminating suffering. Mind-objects... Mind-consciousness... Mind-contact... Whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition - whether pleasant or unpleasant or neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant - that too, by directly knowing and fully understanding it, by becoming dispassionate towards it and abandoning it, one is capable of eliminating suffering. This, monks, is the all which, by directly knowing and fully understanding, by becoming dispassionate towards and abandoning, one is capable of eliminating suffering." The fourth.