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Diversity of Contacts gives many Urges & Searches:

 

There is eye-sensitivity, visual forms, & visual consciousness. The coincidence of these three elements, is eye Contact...There is ear-sensitivity, audible sounds, & auditory consciousness. The coincidence of these three elements, is ear Contact...There is nose-sensitivity, smellable odours, & olfactory consciousness. The coincidence of these three elements, is nose Contact...There is tongue-sensitivity, tastable flavors, & gustatory consciousness. The coincidence of these three elements, is tongue Contact...There is body-sensitivity, sensible touches, & tactile consciousness. The coincidence of these three elements, is body Contact...There is mental-sensitivity, mental states, & mental consciousness. The coincidence of these three elements, is mental Contact...Friends, it is in dependence on the diversity of these elements, that there arises the diversity of perceptions; & in dependence on the diversity of perceptions, that there arises the diversity of intentions; & in dependence on the diversity of intentions, that there arises the diversity of contacts; & in dependence on the diversity of contacts, that there arises the diversity of feelings; & in dependence on the diversity of feelings, that there arises the diversity of desires; & in dependence on the diversity of desires, that there arises the diversity of fevers; & in dependence on the diversity of fevers, that there arises the diversity of searches; & in dependence on the diversity of searches, that there arises the diversity of enthralling needs...

How so? Regarding e.g. form; in dependence on intention for form, therearises contact with form; in dependence on contact with form, there arises feeling born of contact with form; in dependence on feeling born of contactwith form, there arises desire for form; in dependence on desire for form, there arises fever for form; in dependence on fever for form, there arises the search for form; in dependence on the search for form, there arises the need of form... Such is the emergence of this manifold hunt, urge & wanting!

Every second this bombardment of craving for sensuality creates suffering!

Source: The Grouped Sayings on the Elements by the Buddha. Dhatu-Samyutta Nikaya XIVhttp://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html

 

 

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