SN22.94 — Flower Discourse
Originating in Sāvatthi.
Disciples, I do not argue with the world; it is the world that argues with me.
A proponent of the Dhamma does not argue with anyone in the world.
What is not accepted in the world by the wise, I also say it is not.
What is accepted in the world by the wise, I also say it is.
And what is not accepted in the world by the wise, that I also say it is not?
Form is not accepted in the world by the wise as permanent, stable, eternal, unchanging; I also say it is not.
Feeling...
Perception...
Mental formations...
Consciousness is not accepted in the world by the wise as permanent, stable, eternal, unchanging; I also say it is not.
This is not accepted in the world by the wise; I also say it is not.
And what is accepted in the world by the wise, that I also say it is?
Form is accepted in the world by the wise as impermanent, suffering, subject to change; I also say it is.
Feeling is impermanent...
Consciousness is accepted in the world by the wise as impermanent, suffering, subject to change; I also say it is.
This is accepted in the world by the wise; I also say it is.
There is in the world a worldly condition, which the Tathāgata fully understands and comprehends; having fully understood and comprehended it, he explains, teaches, proclaims, establishes, reveals, analyzes, and clarifies it.
And what is the worldly condition in the world that the Tathāgata fully understands and comprehends, and having fully understood and comprehended it, explains, teaches, proclaims, establishes, reveals, analyzes, and clarifies it?
Form is a worldly condition in the world that the Tathāgata fully understands and comprehends.
Having fully understood and comprehended it, he explains, teaches, proclaims, establishes, reveals, analyzes, and clarifies it.
Whoever does not know and see when the Tathāgata explains, teaches, proclaims, establishes, reveals, analyzes, and clarifies it, I call that person a fool, an ordinary person, blind, without vision, not knowing, not seeing.
Feeling is a worldly condition in the world...
Perception, disciples...
Mental formations, disciples...
Consciousness is a worldly condition in the world that the Tathāgata fully understands and comprehends.
Having fully understood and comprehended it, he explains, teaches, proclaims, establishes, reveals, analyzes, and clarifies it.
Whoever does not know and see when the Tathāgata explains, teaches, proclaims, establishes, reveals, analyzes, and clarifies it, I call that person a fool, an ordinary person, blind, without vision, not knowing, not seeing.
Just as a blue lotus, a red lotus, or a white lotus born in the water, grown in the water, rises above the water and stands unsoiled by the water;
so too the Tathāgata, born in the world, grown in the world, lives overcoming the world, unsoiled by the world.