Linked Discourses 35
6. Ignorance
61. The Depletion of All Fuel (1st)
“Mendicants, I will teach you the principle for depleting all fuel. Listen … And what is the principle for depleting all fuel? Eye consciousness arises dependent on the eye and sights. The meeting of the three is contact. Contact is a condition for feeling. Seeing this, a learned noble disciple becomes disillusioned with the eye, sights, eye consciousness, eye contact, and feeling. Being disillusioned they become dispassionate. Being dispassionate they’re freed. When they are released, they understand: ‘I have completely depleted grasping.’ Ear … nose … tongue … body … Mind consciousness arises dependent on the mind and thoughts. The meeting of the three is contact. Contact is a condition for feeling. Seeing this, a learned noble disciple becomes disillusioned with the mind, thoughts, mind consciousness, mind contact, and feeling. Being disillusioned they become dispassionate. Being dispassionate they’re freed. When they are released, they understand: ‘I have completely depleted grasping.’ This is the principle for depleting all fuel.”