sn35.82:2.1 “Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘the world’.
sn35.82:2.2 How is the world defined?”
sn35.82:2.3 “It wears away, mendicant, that’s why it’s called ‘the world’.
sn35.82:2.4 And what is wearing away?
sn35.82:2.5 The eye is wearing away.
sn35.82:2.6 Sights … eye consciousness … eye contact is wearing away. The painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact is also wearing away.
sn35.82:2.7 The ear … nose … tongue … body ….
sn35.82:2.8 The mind … ideas … mind consciousness … mind contact is wearing away. The painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is also wearing away.
sn35.82:2.9 It wears away, mendicant, that’s why it’s called ‘the world’.”