“Bhikkhus, when there are hands, there is picking up and putting down….
“So too, bhikkhus, when there is the eye, pleasure and pain arise internally with eye-contact as condition…. When there is the mind, pleasure and pain arise internally with mind-contact as condition.
“When, bhikkhus, there are no hands, there is no picking up and putting down….
“So too, bhikkhus, when there is no eye … no mind, no pleasure and pain arise internally with mind-contact as condition.”
Origin URL: https://suttacentral.net/sn35.237/en/bodhi