sn35.131:1.1 At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Bhaggas at Crocodile’s Bellow, in the deer park at Bhesakaḷā’s Wood.
sn35.131:1.2 Then the householder Nakula’s father went up to the Buddha … and asked him,
sn35.131:1.3 “What is the cause, sir, what is the reason why some sentient beings are not fully extinguished in this very life?
sn35.131:1.4 What is the cause, sir, what is the reason why some sentient beings are fully extinguished in this very life?”
sn35.131:1.5 “Householder, there are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.
sn35.131:1.6 If a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keeps clinging to them,
sn35.131:1.7 their consciousness has that as support and fuel for grasping.
sn35.131:1.8 A mendicant with fuel for grasping does not become extinguished.
sn35.131:1.9 There are sounds … smells … tastes … touches …
sn35.131:1.10 ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.
sn35.131:1.11 If a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keeps clinging to them,
sn35.131:1.12 their consciousness has that as support and fuel for grasping.
sn35.131:1.13 A mendicant with fuel for grasping does not become extinguished.
sn35.131:1.14 That’s the cause, that’s the reason why some sentient beings are not fully extinguished in this very life.