Elements

At Sāvatthī.

“Mendicants, the arising, continuation, and manifestation and regeneration of the earth element,

the water element,

the fire element,

the air element,

the space element, ^[1]

and the consciousness element is the arising of suffering, the continuation of diseases, and the manifestation of old age and death.

The cessation of the earth element,

the water element,

the fire element,

the air element,

the space element,

and the consciousness element is the cessation of suffering, the settling of diseases, and the disappearance of old age and death.”