"Everything, bhikkhus, when not thoroughly understood, not fully comprehended, not relinquished, and not cleared away, lacks the capability to bring about the ending of suffering. What precisely, bhikkhus, when not thoroughly understood, not fully comprehended, not relinquished, and not cleared away, lacks this capability?

The eye, bhikkhus, when not thoroughly understood, not fully comprehended, not relinquished, and not cleared away, lacks the capability to bring about the ending of suffering. In the same manner, forms, when not thoroughly understood, not fully comprehended, not relinquished, and not cleared away, lack this capability. Eye-consciousness, when not thoroughly understood, not fully comprehended, not relinquished, and not cleared away, lacks this capability. Eye-contact, and whatever feeling arises conditioned by eye-contact, whether it be pleasant, painful or neither pleasant-nor-painful, all, when not thoroughly understood, not fully comprehended, not relinquished, and not cleared away, lack the capability to bring about the ending of suffering.

The ear and sounds, when not thoroughly understood, not fully comprehended, not relinquished, and not cleared away, lack this capability. Ear-consciousness, ear-contact, and whatever feeling arises conditioned by ear-contact, all follow this pattern of lacking the capability to bring about the ending of suffering when not thoroughly understood and comprehended.

The nose and odors, when not thoroughly understood, not fully comprehended, not relinquished, and not cleared away, lack this capability. Nose-consciousness, nose-contact, and whatever feeling arises conditioned by nose-contact, all follow this pattern of lacking the capability to bring about the ending of suffering when not thoroughly understood and comprehended.

The tongue and flavors, when not thoroughly understood, not fully comprehended, not relinquished, and not cleared away, lack this capability. Tongue-consciousness, tongue-contact, and whatever feeling arises conditioned by tongue-contact, all follow this pattern of lacking the capability to bring about the ending of suffering when not thoroughly understood and comprehended.

The body and tactile sensations, each, when not thoroughly understood, not fully comprehended, not relinquished, and not cleared away, lack the capability to bring about the ending of suffering. Body-consciousness, body-contact, and whatever feeling arises conditioned by these contacts, all lack this capability when not thoroughly understood and comprehended.

The mind, when not thoroughly understood, not fully comprehended, not relinquished, and not cleared away, lacks the capability to bring about the ending of suffering. Mental phenomena, mind-consciousness, mind-contact, and whatever feeling arises conditioned by mind-contact, whether it be pleasant, painful or neither pleasant-nor-painful, all, when not thoroughly understood, fully comprehended, relinquished, and cleared away, lack the capability to bring about the ending of suffering.

This, bhikkhus, encompasses everything that, when not thoroughly understood, not fully comprehended, not relinquished, and not cleared away, lacks the capability to bring about the ending of suffering.

However, bhikkhus, everything, when thoroughly understood, fully comprehended, relinquished, and cleared away, possesses the capability to bring about the ending of suffering. What, bhikkhus, when thoroughly understood, fully comprehended, relinquished, and cleared away, possesses this capability?

The eye, when thoroughly understood, fully comprehended, relinquished, and cleared away, possesses the capability to bring about the ending of suffering. In the same manner, forms, eye-consciousness, eye-contact, and whatever feeling arises conditioned by eye-contact, whether it be pleasant, painful or neither pleasant-nor-painful, all, when thoroughly understood, fully comprehended, relinquished, and cleared away, possess the capability to bring about the ending of suffering.

The ear, sounds, ear-consciousness, ear-contact, and whatever feeling arises conditioned by ear-contact, all follow this pattern of possessing the capability to bring about the ending of suffering when thoroughly understood and comprehended.

The nose, odors, nose-consciousness, nose-contact, and whatever feeling arises conditioned by nose-contact, all follow this pattern of possessing the capability to bring about the ending of suffering when thoroughly understood and comprehended.

The tongue, flavors, tongue-consciousness, tongue-contact, and whatever feeling arises conditioned by tongue-contact, all follow this pattern of possessing the capability to bring about the ending of suffering when thoroughly understood and comprehended.

The body, tactile sensations, body-consciousness, body-contact, and whatever feeling arises conditioned by body-contact, all follow this pattern of possessing the capability to bring about the ending of suffering when thoroughly understood and comprehended.

The nose, odors, the tongue, flavors, the body, tactile sensations, each, when thoroughly understood, fully comprehended, relinquished, and cleared away, possess the capability to bring about the ending of suffering. Nose-consciousness, tongue-consciousness, body-consciousness, nose-contact, tongue-contact, body-contact, and whatever feeling arises conditioned by these contacts, all possess this capability when thoroughly understood and comprehended.

The mind, when thoroughly understood, fully comprehended, relinquished, and cleared away, possesses the capability to bring about the ending of suffering. Mental objects, mind-consciousness, mind-contact, and whatever feeling arises conditioned by mind-contact, whether it be pleasant, painful or neither pleasant-nor-painful, all, when thoroughly understood, fully comprehended, relinquished, and cleared away, possess the capability to bring about the ending of suffering.

This, bhikkhus, encompasses everything that, when thoroughly understood, fully comprehended, relinquished, and cleared away, possesses the capability to bring about the ending of suffering."