3-27-1 Kilesavaggo | Samyutta

Chapter VI

27 Kilesasamyutta
Connected Discourses on Defilements

1 The Eye

At Sāvatthī.

Bhikkhus, desire and lust for the eye is a corruption of the mind.

Desire and lust for the ear … for the nose … for the tongue … for the body … for the mind is a corruption of the mind.

When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these 6 cases, his mind inclines to renunciation.

A mind fortified by renunciation becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.

2 Forms

At Sāvatthī.

Bhikkhus, desire and lust for forms is a corruption of the mind.

Desire and lust for sounds … for odours … for tastes … for tactile objects … for mental phenomena is a corruption of the mind.

When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these 6 cases, his mind inclines to renunciation.

A mind fortified by renunciation becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.

3 Consciousness

Bhikkhus, desire and lust for eye-consciousness … for mind- consciousness is a corruption of the mind.

When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these 6 cases … … [his mind] becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.

4 Contact

Bhikkhus, desire and lust for eye-contact … for mind-contact is a corruption of the mind.

When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these 6 cases … [his mind] becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.

5 Feeling

Bhikkhus, desire and lust for feeling born of eye-contact … for feeling born of mind-contact is a corruption of the mind.

When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these 6 cases … [his mind] becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.

6 Perception

Bhikkhus, desire and lust for perception of forms … for perception of mental phenomena is a corruption of the mind.

When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these 6 cases … [his mind] becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.

7 Volition

Bhikkhus, desire and lust for volition regarding forms …  … for volition regarding mental phenomena is a corruption of the mind.

When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these 6 cases … [his mind] becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.

8 Craving

Bhikkhus, desire and lust for craving for forms … for craving for mental phenomena is a corruption of the mind.

When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these 6 cases … [his mind] becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.

9 Elements

Bhikkhus, desire and lust for the earth element … for the water element … for the heat element … for the air element … for the space element … for the consciousness element is a corruption of the mind.

When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these 6 cases … [his mind] becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.

10 Aggregates

Bhikkhus, desire and lust for form … for feeling … for perception … for volitional formations … for consciousness is a corruption of the mind.

When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these 5 cases, his mind inclines to renunciation.

A mind fortified by renunciation becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.