Chapter 32
Buddha: ‚Should the impermanent, unsatisfactory and changeable eye-contact be taken
falsely (through craving) as ‘mine’, (through conceit) as ‘I’, and (through
wrong view) as ‘my self’?‛
RÈhula: ‚No, Venerable Sir.‛
(5) Buddha: ‚My dear son RÈhula, how do you think of what I am going to ask you now?
Are the four mental aggregates of feeling (
vedanÈ
), perception (
saÒÒÈ
),
mental formations (
sa~khÈra
) and particular consciousness (
viÒÒÈÓa
),
depending on the contact of the eye, permanent or impermanent?‛
RÈhula: ‚Impermanent. Venerable Sir.‛
Buddha: ‚Should the four impermanent, unsatisfactory and changeable mental elements
be taken falsely (through craving) as ‘mine’, (through conceit) as ‘I’, and
(through wrong view) as ‘my self’?‛
RÈhula: ‚No, Venerable Sir.‛
This is the teaching on the five items concerning the eye (cakkhu-paÒcaka).
(1) Buddha: ‚My dear son RÈhula, how do you think of what I am going to ask you now?
Is the sensitive matter called ‘ear’ permanent or impermanent?‛
RÈhula: ‚Impermanent, Venerable Sir.‛ ..... This is the teaching on the five items
concerning the ear (
sota-paÒcaka
).
Buddha: ‚My dear son RÈhula, how do you think of what I am going to ask you now?
Is the sensitive matter called ‘nose‛ permanent or impermanent?‛
RÈhula: ‚Impermanent, Venerable Sir.‛ ..... This is the teaching on the five items
concerning the nose (
ghÈna-paÒcaka
).
Buddha: ‚My dear son RÈhula, how do you think of what I am going to ask you now?
Is the sensitive matter called ‘tongue’ permanent or impermanent?‛
RÈhula: ‚Impermanent, Venerable Sir.‛ ..... This is the teaching on the five items
concerning the tongue (
jivhÈ-paÒcaka
).
Buddha: ‚My dear son RÈhula, how do you think of what I am going to ask you now?
Is the sensitive matter called ‘body’ permanent or impermanent?‛
RÈhula: ‚Impermanent, Venerable Sir.‛ ..... This is the teaching on the five items
concerning the body (
kÈya-paÒcaka
).
Buddha: ‚My dear son RÈhula, how do you think of what I am going to ask you now?
Is the sensitive matter called ‘mind’ permanent or impermanent?‛
RÈhula: ‚Impermanent, Venerable Sir.‛
Buddha: ‚Is the impermanent sensitive element called ‘mind’ unsatisfactory or
satisfactory?‛
RÈhula: ‚Unsatisfactory, Venerable Sir.‛
Buddha: ‚Should the impermanent, unsatisfactory and changeable sensitive element
called ‘mind’ be taken falsely (through craving) as ‘mine’, (through conceit)
as ‘I’ and (through wrong view) as ‘my self’?‛
RÈhula: ‚No, Venerable Sir.‛
(2) Buddha: ‚My dear son RÈhula, how do you think of what I am going to ask you now?
Is mind and matter called ‘object of ideas’ (
dhammÈ-rammaÓa
) permanent or
impermanent? ‛
RÈhula: ‚Impermanent, Venerable Sir.‛
Buddha: ‚Is the impermanent mind and matter called ‘object of ideas’ unsatisfactory or
satisfactory?‛
RÈhula: ‚Unsatisfactory, Venerable Sir.‛