D- Empty is the World

 Insofar as it is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self: Thus it is said, Ananda, that the world is empty. And what is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self?

The eye is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self. Forms... Eye-consciousness... Eye-contact is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self. Whatever feeling arisises with eye contact as condition, whether pleasant, or unpleasant, or neither pleasant nor unpleasant – that too is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self.

The ear is empty...

The nose is empty...

The tongue is empty...

The body is empty...

The mind is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self. Mental phenomena... Mind-consciousness... Mind-contact is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self. Whatever feeling arisises with mind contact as condition, whether pleasant, or unpleasant, or neither pleasant nor unpleasant – that too is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self.

It is, Ânanda, because it is empty of self or of anything pertaining to a self, that it is said that the world is empty.

Yasmā ca kho ānanda, suññaṃ attena vā attaniyena vā, tasmā suñño lokoti vuccati.

Kiñca ānanda, suññaṃ attena vā attaniyena vā:

Cakkhuṃ kho ānanda, suññaṃ attena vā attaniyena vā, rūpā suññā attena vā attaniyena vā, cakkhuviññāṇaṃ suññaṃ attena vā attaniyena vā, cakkhusamphasso suñño attena vā attaniyena vā yampidaṃ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṃ sukhaṃ vā dukkhaṃ vā adukkhamasukhaṃ vā tampi suññaṃ attena va attaniyena vā.

Sotaṃ suññaṃ (...)

Ghānaṃ suññaṃ (...)

Jivhā suññā (...)

Kāyo suñño (...)

Mano suñño attena vā attaniyena vā, dhammā suññā attena vā attaniyena vā, manoviññāṇaṃ suññaṃ attena vā attaniyena vā, manosamphasso suñño attena vā attaniyena vā yampidaṃ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṃ sukhaṃ vā dukkhaṃ vā adukkhamasukhaṃ vā tampi suññaṃ attena va attaniyena vā.

Yasmā ca kho ānanda, suññaṃ attena vā attaniyena vā, tasmā suñño lokoti vuccatīti.

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SN 35.85 Suñña Sutta: Empty

Yasmā = because

suññaṃ attena vā attaniyena vā = empty of self or of anything pertaining to a self

tasmā = for this reason

suñño loko-ti vuccati= the world is called empty

Kiñca = what

Cakkhuṃ (nom. sg.)= the eye

rūpā (nom. sg.)= form

viññāṇaṃ (nom. sg.)= consciousness

samphasso (nom. sg.)= contact

cakkhu-samphassa-paccayā uppajjati vedayitaṃ sukhaṃ vā dukkhaṃ vā adukkhamasukhaṃ = Whatever feeling arisises with mind contact as condition, whether pleasant, or unpleasant, or neither pleasant nor unpleasant

Sotaṃ (nom. sg.) = the ear

Ghānaṃ (nom. sg.) = the nose

Jivhā (nom. sg.) = the tongue

Kāyo (nom. sg.) = the body

Mano (nom. sg.) = the mind