1 The Eye
At Sāvatthi. “Bhikkhus, desire and lust for the eye is a corruption of the mind. Desire and lust for the ear … for the nose … for the tongue … for the body … for the mind is a corruption of the mind. When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these six cases, his mind inclines to renunciation. A mind fortified by renunciation becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.”
2 Forms
At Sāvatthi. “Bhikkhus, desire and lust for forms is a corruption of the mind. Desire and lust for sounds … for odours … for tastes … for tactile objects … for mental phenomena is a corruption of the mind. When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these six cases, his mind inclines to renunciation. A mind fortified by renunciation becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.”
3 Consciousness
“Bhikkhus, desire and lust for eye-consciousness … for mindconsciousness is a corruption of the mind. When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these six cases … … [his mind] becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.”
4 Contact
“Bhikkhus, desire and lust for eye-contact … for mind-contact is a corruption of the mind. When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these six cases … [his mind] becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.”
5 Feeling
“Bhikkhus, desire and lust for feeling born of eye-contact … for feeling born of mind-contact is a corruption of the mind. When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these six cases … [his mind] becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.”
6 Perception
“Bhikkhus, desire and lust for perception of forms … for perception of mental phenomena is a corruption of the mind. When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these six cases … [his mind] becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.”
7 Volition
“Bhikkhus, desire and lust for volition regarding forms … … for volition regarding mental phenomena is a corruption of the mind. When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these six cases … [his mind] becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.”
8 Craving
“Bhikkhus, desire and lust for craving for forms … for craving for mental phenomena is a corruption of the mind. When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these six cases … [his mind] becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.”
9 Elements
“Bhikkhus, desire and lust for the earth element … for the water element … for the heat element … for the air element … for the space element … for the consciousness element is a corruption of the mind. When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these six cases … [his mind] becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.”
10 Aggregates
“Bhikkhus, desire and lust for form … for feeling … for perception … for volitional formations … for consciousness is a corruption of the mind. When a Bhikkhu has abandoned the mental corruption in these five cases, his mind inclines to renunciation. A mind fortified by renunciation becomes wieldy in regard to those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge.”