Early Buddhism

Six Fields of Contact (1st)

Paṭhamachaphassāyatanasutta

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Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
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One who does not understand the six senses’ origin, ending, gratification, drawback, and escape is no true mendicant. A mendicant speaks up, saying that he does not truly understand these things, so the Buddha teaches him further.

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