<p>In what has the world arisen? Kismiṃ loko samuppanno?</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>And what, bhikkhus, is the <strong>origin of the world (lokassa samudayo)</strong>? </p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>In dependence on the
  <strong>eye and forms, eye-consciousness</strong> arises. The meeting of the three is
  contact. With contact as condition, feeling comes to be; with feeling
  as condition, craving; with craving as condition, clinging; with
  clinging as condition, existence; with existence as condition, birth;
  with birth as condition, aging-and-death, sorrow, lamentation, pain,
  displeasure, and despair come to be. This, bhikkhus, is the origin of
  the world.</p></li>
  <li><p>In dependence on the <strong>ear and sounds</strong> … </p></li>
  <li>In dependence on the <strong>nose and
  odours</strong> … </li>
  <li>In dependence on the <strong>tongue and tastes</strong> … </li>
  <li>In dependence on the
  <strong>body and tactile objects</strong> … </li>
  <li><p>In dependence on the <strong>mind and mental
  phenomena, mind-consciousness</strong> arises. The meeting of the three is
  contact. With contact as condition, feeling comes to be; with feeling
  as condition, craving; with craving as condition, clinging … existence
  … birth; with birth as condition, aging-and-death, sorrow,
  lamentation, pain, displeasure, and despair come to be. This,
  bhikkhus, is the origin of the world.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://suttacentral.net/sn12.44/en/bodhi" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SN 12.44</a></p></li>
  </ol>
</blockquote>

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<p><a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/26.6-Chachakka-S-m148-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Cha Chakka Sutta</a> is another Sutta which has a play of the number 6. Here more elaboration is given on what each set of 6 is.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/lS9W2.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/lS9W2.png" alt="Cha Chakka Sutta"></a></p>

<p>Source: <a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/26.6-Chachakka-S-m148-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Cha Chakka Sutta</a></p>

<p>The Singhala translation is less of a riddle than the English. English retranslation is mine:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>(අධ්‍යාත්මික ආයතන) සය උපන් කල්හි ලොව උපන්නේ නම් වේ. </p>
</blockquote>

<p>When the 6 sense bases arises the world arises</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>(රූපාදී බාහිර ආයතන) සයෙහි සඞගමය කෙරෙයි. </p>
</blockquote>

<p>By non-reaction to the external sense objects, the world is stilled</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>(අධ්‍යාත්මික ආයතන) සයම ප්‍රත්‍යය කොට ගෙන </p>
</blockquote>

<p>By means of the 6 sense bases </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>(බාහිර ආයතන) සයෙහි ලෝ වැසි තෙම පෙළෙයි (වෙහෙසෙයි)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The 6 external sense objects trouble the worldlings</p>

<p><a href="https://suttacentral.net/sn1.70/si/zoysa" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ලොක ( හෙවත් ජස්සුලොක ) සූත්‍රය</a></p>

<p>අධ්‍යාත්මික ආයතන - world - internal senses - eye, ear, ....</p>

<p>බාහිර ආයතන - external sense objects</p>

<p>So what is covered here is the 1st 2 items in the list of items in <a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/26.6-Chachakka-S-m148-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Cha Chakka Sutta</a>:</p>

<ul>
<li>the 6 internal senses</li>
<li>the 6 external senses</li>
</ul>

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<p>The sutta quoted below has a riddle about the six.</p>

<p>What are the six? And why?</p>

<p>What is the message of the sutta?</p>

<p><a href="https://suttacentral.net/sn1.70/en/bodhi" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SN 1.70</a> translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>“In what has the world arisen?<br>
  In what does it form intimacy?<br>
  By clinging to what is the world<br>
  Harassed in regard to what?”</p>
  
  <p>“In six has the world arisen;<br>
  In six it forms intimacy;<br>
  By clinging to six the world<br>
  Is harassed in regard to six.”</p>
</blockquote>

<pali-canon>
What are the six in SN 1.70?
# What are the six in SN 1.70?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-09-09)

The sutta quoted below has a riddle about the six.

What are the six? And why?

What is the message of the sutta?

[SN 1.70](https://suttacentral.net/sn1.70/en/bodhi) translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi:

> “In what has the world arisen?  
> In what does it form intimacy?  
> By clinging to what is the world  
> Harassed in regard to what?”
>
> “In six has the world arisen;  
> In six it forms intimacy;  
> By clinging to six the world  
> Is harassed in regard to six.”

**Tags:** pali-canon


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2019-09-09. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

[Cha Chakka Sutta](http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/26.6-Chachakka-S-m148-piya.pdf) is another Sutta which has a play of the number 6. Here more elaboration is given on what each set of 6 is.

[![Cha Chakka Sutta](https://i.sstatic.net/lS9W2.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/lS9W2.png)

Source: [Cha Chakka Sutta](http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/26.6-Chachakka-S-m148-piya.pdf)

The Singhala translation is less of a riddle than the English. English retranslation is mine:

> (අධ්‍යාත්මික ආයතන) සය උපන් කල්හි ලොව උපන්නේ නම් වේ.

When the 6 sense bases arises the world arises

> (රූපාදී බාහිර ආයතන) සයෙහි සඞගමය කෙරෙයි.

By non-reaction to the external sense objects, the world is stilled

> (අධ්‍යාත්මික ආයතන) සයම ප්‍රත්‍යය කොට ගෙන

By means of the 6 sense bases

> (බාහිර ආයතන) සයෙහි ලෝ වැසි තෙම පෙළෙයි (වෙහෙසෙයි)

The 6 external sense objects trouble the worldlings

[ලොක ( හෙවත් ජස්සුලොක ) සූත්‍රය](https://suttacentral.net/sn1.70/si/zoysa)

අධ්‍යාත්මික ආයතන - world - internal senses - eye, ear, ....

බාහිර ආයතන - external sense objects

So what is covered here is the 1st 2 items in the list of items in [Cha Chakka Sutta](http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/26.6-Chachakka-S-m148-piya.pdf):

* the 6 internal senses
* the 6 external senses


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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-09-09. Score: 2

In what has the world arisen? Kismiṃ loko samuppanno?

> And what, bhikkhus, is the **origin of the world (lokassa samudayo)**?
>
> 1. In dependence on the
>    **eye and forms, eye-consciousness** arises. The meeting of the three is
>    contact. With contact as condition, feeling comes to be; with feeling
>    as condition, craving; with craving as condition, clinging; with
>    clinging as condition, existence; with existence as condition, birth;
>    with birth as condition, aging-and-death, sorrow, lamentation, pain,
>    displeasure, and despair come to be. This, bhikkhus, is the origin of
>    the world.
> 2. In dependence on the **ear and sounds** …
> 3. In dependence on the **nose and
>    odours** …
> 4. In dependence on the **tongue and tastes** …
> 5. In dependence on the
>    **body and tactile objects** …
> 6. In dependence on the **mind and mental
>    phenomena, mind-consciousness** arises. The meeting of the three is
>    contact. With contact as condition, feeling comes to be; with feeling
>    as condition, craving; with craving as condition, clinging … existence
>    … birth; with birth as condition, aging-and-death, sorrow,
>    lamentation, pain, displeasure, and despair come to be. This,
>    bhikkhus, is the origin of the world.
>
>    [SN 12.44](https://suttacentral.net/sn12.44/en/bodhi)


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