SN35.21 — The First Discourse on the Arising of Suffering
Disciples, the arising, persistence, rebirth, and manifestation of the eye is the arising of suffering, the persistence of diseases, the manifestation of aging and death.
The arising of the ear...
the arising of the nose...
the arising of the tongue...
the arising of the body...
the arising, persistence, rebirth, and manifestation of the mind is the arising of suffering, the persistence of diseases, the manifestation of aging and death.
But the cessation, subsiding, and disappearance of the eye is the cessation of suffering, the subsiding of diseases, the disappearance of aging and death.
The cessation of the ear...
the cessation of the nose...
the cessation of the tongue...
the cessation of the body...
the cessation, subsiding, and disappearance of the mind is the cessation of suffering, the subsiding of diseases, the disappearance of aging and death.