sn35.84:2.1 “Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘the world’.
sn35.84:2.2 How is the world defined?”
sn35.84:2.3 “Ānanda, that which is liable to wear out is called the world in the training of the Noble One.
sn35.84:2.4 And what is liable to wear out?
sn35.84:2.5 The eye is liable to wear out. Sights … eye consciousness … eye contact is liable to wear out. The painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact is also liable to wear out.
sn35.84:2.6 The ear … nose … tongue … body ….
sn35.84:2.7 The mind … ideas … mind consciousness … mind contact is liable to wear out. The painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is also liable to wear out.
sn35.84:2.8 That which is liable to wear out is called the world in the training of the Noble One.”