10.
The Second Discourse on the Diversity of External Contact
94.
He was dwelling at Sāvatthī, etc.
"Dependent on diversity of elements, monks, diversity of perception arises; dependent on diversity of perception, diversity of thought arises; contact...
feeling...
desire...
fever...
dependent on diversity of quest, diversity of gain arises;
not dependent on diversity of gain does diversity of quest arise, not dependent on diversity of quest does diversity of fever arise, not dependent on diversity of fever does there arise, etc.
desire...
feeling...
contact...
thought...
diversity of perception, not dependent on diversity of perception does diversity of elements arise.
And what, monks, is the diversity of elements?
Material element, etc.
element of phenomena -
this is called, monks, the diversity of elements."
"And how, monks, does diversity of perception arise dependent on diversity of elements, diversity of thought arise dependent on diversity of perception? Contact... feeling... desire... fever... quest... gain... not dependent on diversity of gain does diversity of quest arise, not dependent on diversity of quest does diversity of fever arise... desire... feeling... contact... not dependent on diversity of thought does diversity of perception arise, not dependent on diversity of perception does diversity of elements arise?
"Dependent on the material element, monks, perception of material form arises, etc. dependent on the element of phenomena, perception of mental phenomena arises; dependent on perception of mental phenomena, there arises, etc. quest for mental phenomena; dependent on quest for mental phenomena, gain of mental phenomena arises; not dependent on gain of mental phenomena does quest for mental phenomena arise, not dependent on quest for mental phenomena does fever for mental phenomena arise, not dependent on fever for mental phenomena does desire for mental phenomena arise, not dependent on desire for mental phenomena does feeling born of contact with mental phenomena arise, not dependent on feeling born of contact with mental phenomena does contact with mental phenomena arise, not dependent on contact with mental phenomena does thought of mental phenomena arise, not dependent on thought of mental phenomena does perception of mental phenomena arise, not dependent on perception of mental phenomena does the element of phenomena arise.
"Thus, monks, dependent on diversity of elements, diversity of perception arises; dependent on diversity of perception, there arises, etc. thought... contact... feeling... desire... fever... quest... gain... not dependent on diversity of gain does diversity of quest arise, not dependent on diversity of quest does diversity of fever arise, not dependent on diversity of fever does diversity of desire arise, not dependent on diversity of desire does diversity of feeling arise, not dependent on diversity of feeling does diversity of contact arise, not dependent on diversity of contact does diversity of thought arise, not dependent on diversity of thought does diversity of perception arise, not dependent on diversity of perception does diversity of elements arise." The tenth.
The Chapter on Diversity is first.
Its summary:
This is the internal pentad; Element, Perception, and Not This;
Of Contact, the other two; this is the external pentad.