The WorldLokasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.

“Mendicants, I will teach you the origin and disappearance of the world.“Lokassa, bhikkhave, samudayañca atthaṅgamañca desessāmi. Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.

“Yes, sir,” they replied.“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. The Buddha said this:Bhagavā etadavoca:

“And what, mendicants, is the origin of the world?“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, lokassa samudayo? Eye consciousness arises dependent on the eye and sights. The meeting of the three is contact.Cakkhuñca paṭicca rūpe ca uppajjati cakkhuviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso. Contact is a requirement for feeling.Phassapaccayā vedanā; Feeling is a requirement for craving.vedanāpaccayā taṇhā; Craving is a requirement for grasping.taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ; Grasping is a requirement for continued existence.upādānapaccayā bhavo; Continued existence is a requirement for rebirth.bhavapaccayā jāti; Rebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be.jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti. This is the origin of the world.Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, lokassa samudayo.

Ear consciousness arises dependent on the ear and sounds. …Sotañca paṭicca sadde ca …pe… Nose consciousness arises dependent on the nose and smells. …ghānañca paṭicca gandhe ca … Tongue consciousness arises dependent on the tongue and tastes. …jivhañca paṭicca rase ca … Body consciousness arises dependent on the body and touches. …kāyañca paṭicca phoṭṭhabbe ca … Mind consciousness arises dependent on the mind and ideas. The meeting of the three is contact.manañca paṭicca dhamme ca uppajjati manoviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso. Contact is a requirement for feeling. …Phassapaccayā vedanā …pe… Rebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be.jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti. This is the origin of the world.Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, lokassa samudayo.

And what is the ending of the world?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, lokassa atthaṅgamo? Eye consciousness arises dependent on the eye and sights. The meeting of the three is contact.Cakkhuñca paṭicca rūpe ca uppajjati cakkhuviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso. Contact is a requirement for feeling.Phassapaccayā vedanā; Feeling is a requirement for craving.vedanāpaccayā taṇhā. When that craving fades away and ceases with no residue left behind, grasping ceases.Tassāyeva taṇhāya asesavirāganirodhā upādānanirodho; When grasping ceases, continued existence ceases. …upādānanirodhā bhavanirodho …pe… That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti. This is the ending of the world.Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, lokassa atthaṅgamo.

Ear consciousness arises dependent on the ear and sounds. …Sotañca paṭicca sadde ca …pe… Nose consciousness arises dependent on the nose and smells. …ghānañca paṭicca gandhe ca … Tongue consciousness arises dependent on the tongue and tastes. …jivhañca paṭicca rase ca … Body consciousness arises dependent on the body and touches. …kāyañca paṭicca phoṭṭhabbe ca … Mind consciousness arises dependent on the mind and ideas. The meeting of the three is contact.manañca paṭicca dhamme ca uppajjati manoviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso. Contact is a requirement for feeling.Phassapaccayā vedanā; Feeling is a requirement for craving.vedanāpaccayā taṇhā. When that craving fades away and ceases with no residue left behind, grasping ceases.Tassāyeva taṇhāya asesavirāganirodhā upādānanirodho; When grasping ceases, continued existence ceases. …upādānanirodhā bhavanirodho …pe… That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti. This is the ending of the world.”Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, lokassa atthaṅgamo”ti.