Liable to Wear OutPalokadhammasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘the world’.“‘Loko, loko’ti, bhante, vuccati. How is the world defined?”Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, lokoti vuccatī”ti?

“Ānanda, that which is liable to wear out is called the world in the training of the Noble One.“Yaṁ kho, ānanda, palokadhammaṁ, ayaṁ vuccati ariyassa vinaye loko. And what is liable to wear out?Kiñca, ānanda, palokadhammaṁ? The eye is liable to wear out. Sights … eye consciousness … eye contact is liable to wear out. The painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact is also liable to wear out.Cakkhu kho, ānanda, palokadhammaṁ, rūpā palokadhammā, cakkhuviññāṇaṁ palokadhammaṁ, cakkhusamphasso palokadhammo, yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā …pe… tampi palokadhammaṁ …pe…

The ear … nose … tongue … body …jivhā palokadhammā, rasā palokadhammā, jivhāviññāṇaṁ palokadhammaṁ, jivhāsamphasso palokadhammo, yampidaṁ jivhāsamphassapaccayā …pe… tampi palokadhammaṁ …pe… The mind … ideas … mind consciousness … mind contact is liable to wear out. The painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is also liable to wear out.mano palokadhammo, dhammā palokadhammā, manoviññāṇaṁ palokadhammaṁ, manosamphasso palokadhammo, yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi palokadhammaṁ.

That which is liable to wear out is called the world in the training of the Noble One.”Yaṁ kho, ānanda, palokadhammaṁ, ayaṁ vuccati ariyassa vinaye loko”ti.