Earth (classical element)

Earth is one of the classical elements along with air, fire, and water. Quotes If this earth element were exclusively suffering, immersed in suffering, steeped in suffering, and if it were not [also] steeped in pleasure, beings would not become enamoured with it. But because the earth element is pleasurable, immersed in pleasure, steeped in pleasure, and is not steeped [only] in suffering, beings become enamoured with it. Gautama Buddha, Saṃyutta Nikāya, Book II, Sutta 14, Verse 34, as translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi (2000), p. 648 See also Earth External links