sn35.17:1.1 “Mendicants, if there were no gratification in the eye, sentient beings wouldn’t be aroused by it.
sn35.17:1.2 But since there is gratification in the eye, sentient beings are aroused by it.
sn35.17:1.3 If the eye had no drawback, sentient beings wouldn’t grow disillusioned with it.
sn35.17:1.4 But since the eye has a drawback, sentient beings do grow disillusioned with it.
sn35.17:1.5 If there were no escape from the eye, sentient beings wouldn’t escape from it.
sn35.17:1.6 But since there is an escape from the eye, sentient beings do escape from it.
sn35.17:1.7 If there were no gratification in the ear …
sn35.17:1.8 nose …
sn35.17:1.9 tongue …
sn35.17:1.15 body …
sn35.17:1.16 mind, sentient beings wouldn’t be aroused by it.
sn35.17:1.17 But since there is gratification in the mind, sentient beings are aroused by it.
sn35.17:1.18 If the mind had no drawback, sentient beings wouldn’t grow disillusioned with it.
sn35.17:1.19 But since the mind has a drawback, sentient beings do grow disillusioned with it.
sn35.17:1.20 If there were no escape from the mind, sentient beings wouldn’t escape from it.
sn35.17:1.21 But since there is an escape from the mind, sentient beings do escape from it.