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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesSariputta addresses the monks at Jetavana and tells them that, just as the foot of every creature will fit in the elephants footprint, even so are all right states of mind comprised within the Four Noble Truths. He then goes on to explain that dukkha consists of the five upadanakkhandhas visible shapes, feelings, perception, sankharas and consciousness. The constituents of these attachments are the four principle elements: earth, water, fire, and air. Each element is of two kinds personal (ajjhatta) and external (bahiddha) - and each is transient and subject to decay. The chain of causation entails all that makes up the five attachments. Where there is eye intact, on which external shapes come to focus, and where there is developed pertinent material to sustain it, there is developed a manifestation of the pertinent section of consciousness. Thus arises the upadanakkhandha of form; similarly with the others. M.i.184 91.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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Partial matches: Sutta.
Full-text: Kakacupama Sutta.
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Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
Part III - Opamma Vagga < [(a) Mulapannasa Pali]
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2.5(c). Majjhima Nikāya (The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu)
Defining of the Elements < [Chapter XI - Nutriment and the Elements (samādhi-niddesa)]
Buddhist Monastic Discipline (by Jotiya Dhirasekera)
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