2.
The Discourse on the Seed
54.
At Sāvatthī.
"There are, monks, these five species of seed.
Which five?
Root-seed, stem-seed, cutting-seed, joint-seed, and seed-seed as the fifth.
If, monks, these five species of seed were unbroken, not rotten, not damaged by wind and heat, with substance, well stored, but there were no earth and there were no water;
would these five species of seed, monks, attain growth, increase, and expansion?"
"No, Venerable Sir."
"If, monks, these five species of seed were unbroken, etc.
well stored, and there were earth and there were water;
would these five species of seed, monks, attain growth, increase, and expansion?"
"Yes, venerable sir."
"Just as, monks, the solid element, so should the four stations of consciousness be seen.
Just as, monks, the liquid element, so should delight and lust be seen.
Just as, monks, the five species of seed, so should consciousness with its nutriment be seen."
"Monks, consciousness, when remaining, might remain involved with matter, with matter as its object, established upon matter, imbued with delight, it might attain growth, increase, and expansion. Or, monks, consciousness, when remaining, might remain involved with feeling, etc. Or, monks, consciousness, when remaining, might remain involved with perception, etc. Or, monks, consciousness, when remaining, might remain involved with activities, with activities as its object, established upon activities, imbued with delight, it might attain growth, increase, and expansion.
"Whoever, monks, would say thus - 'I will declare the coming or going or passing away or rebirth or growth or increase or expansion of consciousness apart from matter, apart from feeling, apart from perception, apart from activities' - this is impossible.
"If, monks, a monk's lust towards the material element has been abandoned. With the abandoning of lust, the object is cut off; there is no support for consciousness. If towards the element of feeling... if towards the element of perception... if towards the element of activities... If, monks, a monk's lust towards the consciousness element has been abandoned. With the abandoning of lust, the object is cut off; there is no support for consciousness. That consciousness, unestablished, not grown, liberated without generating further activities. Being liberated, it is stable. Being stable, it is content. Being content, he is not agitated. Not being agitated, he personally attains final nibbāna. He understands: 'Birth is eliminated, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more coming back to any state of being.'" The second.