Forms cognizable by the eye that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, pleasing, sensual, enticing
Sounds cognizable by the ear that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, pleasing, sensual, enticing
Odors cognizable by the nose that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, pleasing, sensual, enticing
Tastes cognizable by the tongue that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, pleasing, sensual, enticing
Tangibles cognizable by the body that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, pleasing, sensual, enticing
The five strands themselves are not sensual pleasure.
The passion and desire for them is the sensual pleasure.
The wise abandon passion and desire for them.
What is its origin?
Contact is the origin of sensual pleasures
Diversity of sensual pleasures
One kind of desire arises from forms
Another kind of desire arises from sounds
Another kind of desire arises from odors
Another kind of desire arises from tastes
Another kind of desire arises from tangibles
Result of sensual pleasures
One who desires and delights in sensual pleasures, by that very desire, generates repeated existence in favorable or unfavorable conditions.
Cessation of sensual pleasures
Cessation of contact is the cessation of sensual pleasures
Path leading to cessation of sensual pleasures
1. Right View
2. Right Intention
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
5. Right Livelihood
6. Right Effort
7. Right Mindfulness
8. Right Collectedness (Right Concentration)
2. Feelings
Understanding feelings
Pleasant feeling
Painful feeling
Neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling
What is its origin?
Contact is the origin of feeling
What is the diversity of feelings?
Sensual (worldly, of the flesh)
Pleasant feeling
Painful feeling
Neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling
Non-sensual (spiritual, free of defilements)
Pleasant feeling
Painful feeling
Neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling
Result of feelings
One who experiences feelings generates repeated existence in favorable or unfavorable conditions.
Cessation of feelings
Cessation of contact is the cessation of feelings
Path leading to the cessation of feelings
1. Right View
2. Right Intention
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
5. Right Livelihood
6. Right Effort
7. Right Mindfulness
8. Right Collectedness (Concentration)
3. Perceptions
Understanding Perceptions
1. Perception of forms
2. Perception of sounds
3. Perception of odors
4. Perception of tastes
5. Perception of tangibles
6. Perception of mental phenomena
What is its origin?
Contact is the origin of perceptions
What is the diversity of perceptions?
1. One kind of perception arises from forms
2. One kind of perception arises from sounds
3. One kind of perception arises from smells
4. One kind of perception arises from tastes
5. One kind of perception arises from tangibles
6. One kind of perception arises from mental phenomena
Result of perceptions
Perception results in verbal expression. As one perceives, so one speaks. Thus one becomes a perceiver.
Cessation of perceptions
The cessation of contact is the cessation of perceptions
Path leading to the cessation of perceptions
1. Right View
2. Right Intention
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
5. Right Livelihood
6. Right Effort
7. Right Mindfulness
8. Right Collectedness (Concentration)
4. Taints
Understanding Taints
1. Taint of sensual pleasures
2. Taint of existence
3. Taint of ignorance
(unknowing of how things have come to be)
What is its origin?
Ignorance is the origin of taints
What is the diversity of taints?
1. Taints that lead to rebirth in hell
2. Taints that lead to rebirth in the animal realm
3. Taints that lead to rebirth in the ghost realm
4. Taints that lead to rebirth in the human realm
5. Taints that lead to rebirth in the heavenly realm
Result of taints
One who is subject to ignorance generates repeated existence in favorable or unfavorable conditions.
Cessation of taints
The cessation of ignorance is the cessation of taints
Path leading to the cessation of taints
1. Right View
2. Right Intention
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
5. Right Livelihood
6. Right Effort
7. Right Mindfulness
8. Right Collectedness (Concentration)
5. Actions
Understanding actions
Intention is action. Having intended, one acts by body, speech, and mind.
What is its origin?
Contact is the origin of actions
What is the diversity of actions?
1. Action that leads to rebirth in hell
2. Action that leads to rebirth in the animal realm
3. Action that leads to rebirth in the ghost realm
4. Action that leads to rebirth in the human world
5. Action that leads to rebirth in the heavenly realm
Result of actions
1. Results that are experienced in this very life
2. Results that are experienced upon rebirth
3. Results that are experienced in future lives
Cessation of actions
Cessation of contact is the cessation of actions
Path leading to the cessation of actions
1. Right View
2. Right Intention
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
5. Right Livelihood
6. Right Effort
7. Right Mindfulness
8. Right Collectedness (Concentration)
6. Suffering (dukkha)
Understanding suffering
1. Birth is suffering
2. Aging is suffering
3. Illness is suffering
4. Death is suffering
5. Sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, despair are suffering
6. Association with unloved is suffering
7. Separation from the loved is suffering
8. Not getting what one wants is suffering
The five aggregates subject to clinging (form, feeling, perception, formations, consciousness) are suffering.
Cessation of craving is the cessation of suffering
Path leading to the cessation of suffering
1. Right View
2. Right Intention
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
5. Right Livelihood
6. Right Effort
7. Right Mindfulness
8. Right Collectedness (Concentration)