The Samyutta Nikaya
The Grouped Discourses
Samyutta
Nikaya
XII.64
Atthi
Raga
Sutta
Where
There
is
Passion
Translated
from
the
Pali
by
Thanissaro
Bhikkhu.
At
Savatthi...
"There
are
these
four
nutriments
for
the
maintenance
of
beings
who
have
come
into
being
or
for
the
support
of
those
in
search
of
a
place
to
be
born.
Which
four?
Physical
food,
gross
or
refined;
contact
as
the
second,
intellectual
intention
the
third,
and
consciousness
the
fourth.
These
are
the
four
nutriments
for
the
maintenance
of
beings
who
have
come
into
being
or
for
the
support
of
those
in
search
of
a
place
to
be
born.
"Where
there
is
passion,
delight,
&
craving
for
the
nutriment
of
physical
food,
consciousness
lands
there
and
grows.
Where
consciousness
lands
and
grows,
name-&-form
alights.
Where
name-&-form
alights,
there
is
the
growth
of
fabrications.
Where
there
is
the
growth
of
fabrications,
there
is
the
production
of
renewed
becoming
in
the
future.
Where
there
is
the
production
of
renewed
becoming
in
the
future,
there
is
future
birth,
aging,
&
death,
together,
I
tell
you,
with
sorrow,
affliction,
&
despair.
"Where
there
is
passion,
delight,
&
craving
for
the
nutriment
of
contact....
"Where
there
is
passion,
delight,
&
craving
for
the
nutriment
of
intellectual
intention....
"Where
there
is
passion,
delight,
&
craving
for
the
nutriment
of
consciousness,
consciousness
lands
there
and
grows.
Where
consciousness
lands
and
grows,
name-&-form
alights.
Where
name-&-form
alights,
there
is
the
growth
of
fabrications.
Where
there
is
the
growth
of
fabrications,
there
is
the
production
of
renewed
becoming
in
the
future.
Where
there
is
the
production
of
renewed
becoming
in
the
future,
there
is
future
birth,
aging,
&
death,
together,
I
tell
you,
with
sorrow,
affliction,
&
despair.
"Just
as
--
when
there
is
dye,
lac,
yellow
orpiment,
indigo,
or
crimson
--
a
dyer
or
painter
would
paint
the
picture
of
a
woman
or
a
man,
complete
in
all
its
parts,
on
a
well-polished
panel
or
wall,
or
on
a
piece
of
cloth;
in
the
same
way,
where
there
is
passion,
delight,
&
craving
for
the
nutriment
of
physical
food
...
contact
...
intellectual
intention
...
consciousness,
consciousness
lands
there
and
grows.
Where
consciousness
lands
and
grows,
name-&-form
alights.
Where
name-&-form
alights,
there
is
the
growth
of
fabrications.
Where
there
is
the
growth
of
fabrications,
there
is
the
production
of
renewed
becoming
in
the
future.
Where
there
is
the
production
of
renewed
becoming
in
the
future,
there
is
future
birth,
aging,
&
death,
together,
I
tell
you,
with
sorrow,
affliction,
&
despair.
"Where
there
is
no
passion
for
the
nutriment
of
physical
food,
where
there
is
no
delight,
no
craving,
then
consciousness
does
not
land
there
or
grow.
Where
consciousness
does
not
land
or
grow,
name-&-form
does
not
alight.
Where
name-&-form
does
not
alight,
there
is
no
growth
of
fabrications.
Where
there
is
no
growth
of
fabrications,
there
is
no
production
of
renewed
becoming
in
the
future.
Where
there
is
no
production
of
renewed
becoming
in
the
future,
there
is
no
future
birth,
aging,
&
death.
That,
I
tell
you,
has
no
sorrow,
affliction,
or
despair.
"Where
there
is
no
passion
for
the
nutriment
of
contact
....
"Where
there
is
no
passion
for
the
nutriment
of
intellectual
intention
....
"Where
there
is
no
passion
for
the
nutriment
of
consciousness,
where
there
is
no
delight,
no
craving,
then
consciousness
does
not
land
there
or
grow.
Where
consciousness
does
not
land
or
grow,
name-&-form
does
not
alight.
Where
name-&-form
does
not
alight,
there
is
no
growth
of
fabrications.
Where
there
is
no
growth
of
fabrications,
there
is
no
production
of
renewed
becoming
in
the
future.
Where
there
is
no
production
of
renewed
becoming
in
the
future,
there
is
no
future
birth,
aging,
&
death.
That,
I
tell
you,
has
no
sorrow,
affliction,
or
despair.
"Just
as
if
there
were
a
roofed
house
or
a
roofed
hall
having
windows
on
the
north,
the
south,
or
the
east.
When
the
sun
rises,
and
a
ray
has
entered
by
way
of
the
window,
where
does
it
land?"
"On
the
western
wall,
lord."
"And
if
there
is
no
western
wall,
where
does
it
land?"
"On
the
ground,
lord."
"And
if
there
is
no
ground,
where
does
it
land?"
"On
the
water,
lord."
"And
if
there
is
no
water,
where
does
it
land?"
"It
does
not
land,
lord."
"In
the
same
way,
where
there
is
no
passion
for
the
nutriment
of
physical
food
...
contact
...
intellectual
intention
...
consciousness,
where
there
is
no
delight,
no
craving,
then
consciousness
does
not
land
there
or
grow.
Where
consciousness
does
not
land
or
grow,
name-&-form
does
not
alight.
Where
name-&-form
does
not
alight,
there
is
no
growth
of
fabrications.
Where
there
is
no
growth
of
fabrications,
there
is
no
production
of
renewed
becoming
in
the
future.
Where
there
is
no
production
of
renewed
becoming
in
the
future,
there
is
no
future
birth,
aging,
&
death.
That,
I
tell
you,
has
no
sorrow,
affliction,
or
despair."
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