In the Agreeable and Pleasurable World this Craving Arises and Establishes Itself

The eye in the world is agreeable and pleasurable, the ear ..., the nose ..., the tongue ..., the body .... the mind in the world is agreeable and pleasurable, and there this craving arises and establishes.

The eye in the world is agreeable and pleasurable, the ear..., the nose ..., the tongue..., the body ..., the mind in the world is agreeable and pleasurable, and there this craving comes to be abandoned, there its elimination comes about.

Forms, sounds, odors, flavors, physical objects, mental objects…

Eye-consciousness, ear-consciousness, nose-consciousness, tongue-consciousness, body-consciousness, mind-consciousness...

Eye-contact, ear-contact, nose-contact, tongue-contact, body-contact, mind-contact...

Feeling born of eye-contact, ear-contact, nose-contact, tongue-contact, body-contact, mind-contact…

The perception of forms, of sounds, of odors, of flavors, of physical objects, of mental objects…

Volition (choices/decisions) in regard to forms, sounds, odors, flavors, physical object, mental objects…

Thinking of forms, sounds, odors, flavors, physical objects, mental objects…

Pondering on forms, sounds, odors, flavors, physical objects, and mental objects…

The craving for forms, sounds, odors, flavors, physical objects, mental objects…

(for each of the above:)

... in the world is agreeable and pleasurable, and there this craving arises and establishes itself.

... in the world is agreeable and pleasurable, and there this craving comes to be abandoned, there its elimination comes about.

(Reference: DN 22)

In this Teaching from Gotama Buddha, he shares how craving arises in the mind when The Six Sense Bases experience agreeable forms, sounds, odors, flavors, physical objects, and mental objects. Through a Practitioner no longer allowing the mind to crave through The Six Sense Bases, the mind will reside peaceful, calm, serene, and content with joy by eliminating the fetter/taint/pollution of mind described as “sensual desire” along with all the other Ten Fetters.

Through eliminating the chasing of pleasant feelings through The Six Sense Bases, “there this craving comes to be abandoned, there its elimination comes about”.

This is accomplished through a well developed Breathing Mindfulness Meditation and practice of generosity training the mind to “let go”. Then in daily life, as a Practitioner observes the bodily sensations arising that indicate pleasant feelings are developing, the mind can actively “cut them off and let them go”.

It is “contact” through The Six Sense Bases where the mind becomes aware, or conscious, of the experience which will produce pleasant feelings, painful feelings, or feelings that are neither painful-nor-pleasant (i.e. discontentedness).

Detailed explanation of The Six Sense Bases is available in this same book series found in Chapter 4 of the book “Developing a Life Practice: The Path That Leads to Enlightenment” (Volume 1) and the book “The Six Sense Bases” (Volume 9).