Saturday, March 18, 2017

The All


The Buddha said:

Students, I will teach you the all. Listen to this.

And what, students, is the all? The eye and forms, the ear and sounds, the nose and smells, the tongue and tastes, the body and sensations, the mind and its contents. That is called the all.

If anyone, students, should say—'Having rejected this all, I shall make known another all'—that would be a mere boast on their part. If they were questioned, they would not be able to reply, and, further, they would end up frustrated. Why? Because, students, that all would not be within that person's domain.

~The Samyutta Nikaya


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