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Saṃyutta Nikāya
Khandhasuttaṃ
SN22.48

At Sāvatthi.

'I shall point out, almsmen, five masses and five masses-with-the-taking-up. Hear that.

And which, almsmen, five masses?

Whatever, almsmen, form, past, not yet come, current, or inner or outer, or gross or subtle, or low or high, what is in the distant or in the vicinity, this is called the mass-of-form ... feeling ... perception ... inclinations ... cognition. These are called, almsmen, the five masses.

And which, almsmen, five masses-with-the-taking-up?

Whatever, almsmen, form, past, not yet come, current, or inner or outer, or gross or subtle, or low or high, what is in the distant or in the vicinity, is altogether as drain uptakable; this is called the mass-of-form-with-the-taking-up ... feeling ... perception ... inclinations ... cognition. These are called, almsmen, the five masses-with-the-taking-up.'