sn35.119:1.1 At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain.
sn35.119:1.2 And then the centaur Pañcasikha went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him:
sn35.119:1.3 “What is the cause, sir, what is the reason why some sentient beings are not fully extinguished in this very life?
sn35.119:1.4 What is the cause, sir, what is the reason why some sentient beings are fully extinguished in this very life?”
sn35.119:1.5 “Pañcasikha, there are sights known by the eye …
sn35.119:1.6 ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.
sn35.119:1.7 If a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keeps clinging to them,
sn35.119:1.8 their consciousness has that as support and fuel for grasping.
sn35.119:1.9 A mendicant with fuel for grasping does not become extinguished.
sn35.119:1.10 That’s the cause, that’s the reason why some sentient beings are not fully extinguished in this very life.