7.
The Third Discourse on Gratification
28.
At Sāvatthī.
"If, monks, there were no gratification in matter, beings would not become attached to matter.
But because, monks, there is gratification in matter, therefore beings become attached to matter.
If, monks, there were no danger in matter, beings would not become disenchanted with matter.
But because, monks, there is danger in matter, therefore beings become disenchanted with matter.
If, monks, there were no escape from matter, beings would not escape from matter.
But because, monks, there is escape from matter, therefore beings escape from matter.
If, monks, there were no gratification in feeling, etc.
If, monks, there were no gratification in perception,
If, monks, there were no escape from activities, beings would not escape from activities.
But because, monks, there is escape from activities, therefore beings escape from activities.
If, monks, there were no gratification in consciousness, beings would not become attached to consciousness.
But because, monks, there is gratification in consciousness, therefore beings become attached to consciousness.
If, monks, there were no danger in consciousness, beings would not become disenchanted with consciousness.
But because, monks, there is danger in consciousness, therefore beings become disenchanted with consciousness.
If, monks, there were no escape from consciousness, beings would not escape from consciousness.
But because, monks, there is escape from consciousness, therefore beings escape from consciousness.
"As long as, monks, beings did not directly know as it really is the gratification of these five aggregates of clinging as gratification, the danger as danger, and the escape as escape; for so long, monks, beings from the world with its gods, with its Māras, with its Brahmās, from the generation with its ascetics and brahmins, with its gods and humans, did not dwell escaped, unbound, free, with a mind rid of barriers. But when, monks, beings directly knew as it really is the gratification of these five aggregates of clinging as gratification, the danger as danger, and the escape as escape; then, monks, beings from the world with its gods, with its Māras, with its Brahmās, from the generation with its ascetics and brahmins, with its gods and humans, dwell escaped, unbound, free, with a mind rid of barriers." The seventh.