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- Samyutta Nikaya XXII.53
- Upaya Sutta
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At Savatthi. There the Blessed One said, "One attached is
unreleased; one unattached is released. Should consciousness, when standing (still), stand
attached to (a physical) form, supported by form (as its object), established on form,
watered with delight, it would exhibit growth, increase, & proliferation.
"Should consciousness, when standing (still), stand attached to feeling, supported
by feeling (as its object), established on feeling, watered with delight, it would exhibit
growth, increase, & proliferation.
"Should consciousness, when standing (still), stand attached to perception,
supported by perception (as its object), established on perception, watered with delight,
it would exhibit growth, increase, & proliferation.
"Should consciousness, when standing (still), stand attached to fabrications,
supported by fabrications (as its object), established on fabrications, watered with
delight, it would exhibit growth, increase, & proliferation.
"Were someone to say, 'I will describe a coming, a going, a passing away, an
arising, a growth, an increase, or a proliferation of consciousness apart from form, from
feeling, from perception, from fabrications,' that would be impossible.
"If a monk abandons passion for the property of form...
"If a monk abandons passion for the property of feeling...
"If a monk abandons passion for the property of perception...
"If a monk abandons passion for the property of fabrications...
"If a monk abandons passion for the property of consciousness, then owing to the
abandonment of passion, the support is cut off, and there is no base for consciousness.
Consciousness, thus unestablished, not proliferating, not performing any function, is
released. Owing to its release, it stands still. Owing to its stillness, it is contented.
Owing to its contentment, it is not agitated. Not agitated, he (the monk) is totally
unbound right within. He discerns that 'Birth is ended, the holy life fulfilled, the task
done. There is nothing further for this world.'"