Fire  Sermon

Gautama Buddha (Shakyamuni) at age 41

All things, O priests, are on fire.

And what, O priests, are all these things which are on fire?

The eye, O priests, is on fire; forms are on fire; eye-consciousness is on fire;

impressions received by the eye are on fire; and whatever sensation, pleasant, unpleasant, or indifferent,

originates in dependence on impressions received by the eye, that also is on fire.

The ear is on fire; sounds are on fire; the nose is on fire; odors are on fire; the tongue is on fire;

tastes are on fire; the body is on fire; things tangible are on fire; the mind is on fire;

ideas are on fire; mind-consciousness is on fire; impressions received by the mind are on fire;

and whatever sensation, pleasant, unpleasant, or indifferent,

originates in dependence on impressions received by the mind, that also is on fire.