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B0102051801mahāvaggo (great chapter)

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that too is to be fully understood. The ear is to be fully understood; sounds are to be fully understood… The nose is to be fully understood; odors are to be fully understood… The tongue is to be fully understood; tastes are to be fully understood… The body is to be fully understood; tangibles are to be fully understood… The mind is to be fully understood; mental phenomena are to be fully understood; mind-consciousness is to be fully understood; mind-contact is to be fully understood; and whatever feeling arises dependent on mind-contact— whether pleasant or painful or neither-pleasant-nor-painful— that too is to be fully understood. Form is to be fully understood; feeling is to be fully understood; perception is to be fully understood; mental formations are to be fully understood; consciousness is to be fully understood. The eye is to be fully understood; the ear is to be fully understood; the nose is to be fully understood; the tongue is to be fully understood; the body is to be fully understood; the mind is to be fully understood. Forms are to be fully understood; sounds are to be fully understood; odors are to be fully understood; tastes are to be fully understood; tangibles are to be fully understood; mental phenomena are to be fully understood. Eye-consciousness is to be fully understood; ear-consciousness is to be fully understood; nose-consciousness is to be fully understood; tongue-consciousness is to be fully understood; body-consciousness is to be fully understood; mind-consciousness is to be fully understood. Eye-contact is to be fully understood; ear-contact is to be fully understood; nose-contact is to be fully understood; tongue-contact is to be fully understood; body-contact is to be fully understood; mind-contact is to be fully understood. Feeling born of eye-contact is to be fully understood; feeling born of ear-contact is to be fully understood; feeling born of nose-contact is to be fully understood; feeling born of tongue-contact is to be fully understood; feeling born of body-contact is to be fully understood; feeling born of mind-contact is to be fully understood. Perception of forms is to be fully understood; perception of sounds is to be fully understood; perception of odors is to be fully understood; perception of tastes is to be fully understood; perception of tangibles is to be fully understood; perception of mental phenomena is to be fully understood. Intention regarding forms should be fully understood; Intention regarding sounds should be fully understood; Intention regarding odors should be fully understood; Intention regarding tastes should be fully understood; Intention regarding touches should be fully understood; Intention regarding mental objects should be fully understood. Craving for forms should be fully understood; Craving for sounds should be fully understood; Craving for odors should be fully understood; Craving for tastes should be fully understood; Craving for touches should be fully understood; Craving for mental objects should be fully understood. Initial thought regarding forms should be fully understood; Initial thought regarding sounds should be fully understood; Initial thought regarding odors should be fully understood; Initial thought regarding tastes should be fully understood; Initial thought regarding touches should be fully understood; Initial thought regarding mental objects should be fully understood. Sustained thought regarding forms should be fully understood; Sustained thought regarding sounds should be fully understood; Sustained thought regarding odors should be fully understood; Sustained thought regarding tastes should be fully understood; Sustained thought regarding touches should be fully understood; Sustained thought regarding mental objects should be fully understood. The earth element should be fully understood; The water element should be fully understood; The fire element should be fully understood; The air element should be fully understood; The space element should be fully understood; The consciousness element should be fully understood. The earth kasiṇa should be fully understood; The water kasiṇa should be fully understood; The fire kasiṇa should be fully understood; The air kasiṇa should be fully understood; The blue kasiṇa should be fully understood; The yellow kasiṇa should be fully understood; The red kasiṇa should be fully understood; The white kasiṇa should be fully understood; The space kasiṇa should be fully understood; The consciousness kasiṇa should be fully understood. Hair of the head should be fully understood; Hair of the body should be fully understood; Nails should be fully understood; Teeth should be fully understood; Skin should be fully understood; Flesh should be fully understood; Sinews should be fully understood; Bones should be fully understood; Bone marrow should be fully understood; Kidneys should be fully understood; Heart should be fully understood; Liver should be fully understood; Pleura should be fully understood; Spleen should be fully understood; Lungs should be fully understood; Intestines should be fully understood; Mesentery should be fully understood; Stomach contents should be fully understood; Feces should be fully understood; Bile should be fully understood; Phlegm should be fully understood; Pus should be fully understood; Blood should be fully understood; Sweat should be fully understood; Fat should be fully understood; Tears should be fully understood; Grease should be fully understood; Saliva should be fully known; Mucus should be fully known; Lymph should be fully known; Urine should be fully known; Brain-matter should be fully known. The eye-base should be fully known; The form-base should be fully known. The ear-base should be fully known; The sound-base should be fully known. The nose-base should be fully known; The smell-base should be fully known. The tongue-base should be fully known; The taste-base should be fully known. The body-base should be fully known; The touch-base should be fully known. The mind-base should be fully known; The mental-object-base should be fully known. The eye-element should be fully known; The form-element should be fully known; The eye-consciousness-element should be fully known. The ear-element should be fully known; The sound-element should be fully known; The ear-consciousness-element should be fully known. The nose-element should be fully known; The smell-element should be fully known; The nose-consciousness-element should be fully known. The tongue-element should be fully known; The taste-element should be fully known; The tongue-consciousness-element should be fully known. The body-element should be fully known; The touch-element should be fully known; The body-consciousness-element should be fully known. The mind-element should be fully known; The mental-object-element should be fully known; The mind-consciousness-element should be fully known. The eye-faculty should be fully known; The ear-faculty should be fully known; The nose-faculty should be fully known; The tongue-faculty should be fully known; The body-faculty should be fully known; The mind-faculty should be fully known; The life-faculty should be fully known; The female-faculty should be fully known; The male-faculty should be fully known; The pleasure-faculty should be fully known; The pain-faculty should be fully known; The joy-faculty should be fully known; The grief-faculty should be fully known; The equanimity-faculty should be fully known; The faith-faculty should be fully known; The energy-faculty should be fully known; The mindfulness-faculty should be fully known; The concentration-faculty should be fully known; The wisdom-faculty should be fully known; The faculty of "I shall know the unknown" should be fully known; The faculty of knowing should be fully known; The faculty of one who knows should be fully known. The sense-sphere realm should be fully known; The form-sphere realm should be fully known; The formless-sphere realm should be fully known. Sense-sphere existence should be fully known; Existence with form should be fully understood; Formless existence should be fully understood. Perceptual existence should be fully understood; Non-perceptual existence should be fully understood; Neither-perceptual-nor-non-perceptual existence should be fully understood. One-constituent existence should be fully understood; Four-constituent existence should be fully understood; Five-constituent existence should be fully understood. The first jhana should be fully understood; The second jhana should be fully understood; The third jhana should be fully understood; The fourth jhana should be fully understood. The liberation of mind through loving-kindness should be fully understood; The liberation of mind through compassion should be fully understood; The liberation of mind through appreciative joy should be fully understood; The liberation of mind through equanimity should be fully understood. The attainment of the base of infinite space should be fully understood; The attainment of the base of infinite consciousness should be fully understood; The attainment of the base of nothingness should be fully understood; The attainment of the base of neither perception nor non-perception should be fully understood. Ignorance should be fully understood; Volitional formations should be fully understood; Consciousness should be fully understood; Name-and-form should be fully understood; The six sense bases should be fully understood; Contact should be fully understood; Feeling should be fully understood; Craving should be fully understood; Clinging should be fully understood; Becoming should be fully understood; Birth should be fully understood; Old age and death should be fully understood. Suffering should be fully understood; The origin of suffering should be fully understood; The cessation of suffering should be fully understood;