Linked Discourses 27.2 1. Corruptions Sights (SN27.2)

1.1

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

1.2

“Yo, bhikkhave, rūpesu chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso.

“Mendicants, desire and greed for sights,

1.3

Yo saddesu …

sounds,

1.4

yo gandhesu …

smells,

1.5

yo rasesu …

tastes,

1.6

yo phoṭṭhabbesu …

touches,

1.7

yo dhammesu chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso.

or ideas is a corruption of the mind.

1.8

Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno imesu chasu ṭhānesu cetaso upakkileso pahīno hoti, nekkhammaninnañcassa cittaṁ hoti.

When a mendicant has given up mental corruption in these six cases, their mind inclines to renunciation.

1.9

Nekkhammaparibhāvitaṁ cittaṁ kammaniyaṁ khāyati, abhiññā sacchikaraṇīyesu dhammesū”ti.

A mind imbued with renunciation is said to be fit for work regarding anything that can be realized by insight.”

1.10

Dutiyaṁ.