l0. Loka Sutta - Discourse
on the World
70. (The deva said:)
"When what arises, does the world arise?
With what is the world deeply associated?
On account of what does the world come into being?
By what is the world afflicted?"
(The Bhagava said:)
"When the six (internal sense-bases)* arise,
the world arises. The world is deeply associated with
the six (internal sense- bases).
On account of those very six (internal sense-bases)
does the world come into being.
And by the six (internal sense-bases)
is the world afflicted."
End of the Loka Sutta,
the tenth in this vagga.
End of the Addha Vagga,
the seventh in this samyutta
*. The six (internal sense-bases):The six intenal sense-bases
are:-(i) cakkhayatana, the sense-base of the eye (ii) sotayatana, the
sense-base of the ear (iii) ghanayatana, the sense-base of the nose (iv)
jivhayatana, the sense-base of the tongue (v) kayayatana, the sene-base of the
body (vi) manayatana, the sense-base of the mind.
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