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Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.82 Linked Discourses 35.82
8. Gilānavagga 8. Sick
Lokapañhāsutta A Question On the World
Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and said to him:
“‘Loko, loko’ti, bhante, vuccati. “Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘the world’.
Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, lokoti vuccatī”ti? How is the world defined?”
“‘Lujjatī’ti kho, bhikkhu, tasmā lokoti vuccati. “It wears away, mendicant, that’s why it’s called ‘the world’. The Pali puns lujjati (“wear away”) with loka (“world”). Normally lujjati is “fall apart, disintegrate” (see SN 22.93), but where it puns with “world” (here and SN 35.84) I translate as “wear away”, which is justified by the use at AN 3.132:1.7. This pun might seem obvious to “world-weary” folks of today, but it is the deliberate opposite of loka’s underlying sense. It originally referred to “light”, especially the bright lights of the heavens, hence “cosmos” and “world” generally. See note on MN 7:19.6 for details.
Kiñca lujjati? And what is wearing away?
Cakkhu kho, bhikkhu, lujjati. The eye is wearing away.
Rūpā lujjanti, cakkhuviññāṇaṁ lujjati, cakkhusamphasso lujjati, yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi lujjati …pe… Sights … eye consciousness … eye contact is wearing away. The painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact is also wearing away.
jivhā lujjati …pe… The ear … nose … tongue … body ….
mano lujjati, dhammā lujjanti, manoviññāṇaṁ lujjati, manosamphasso lujjati, yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi lujjati. 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.
Lujjatīti kho, bhikkhu, tasmā lokoti vuccatī”ti. It wears away, mendicant, that’s why it’s called ‘the world’.”
Navamaṁ.