[342] "And how, bhikkhus, does the diversity of contacts (phassa) arise in dependence on the diversity of elements (dhātu); does the diversity of feelings (vedanā) arise in dependence on the diversity of contacts; while the diversity of contacts does not arise in dependence on the diversity of feelings, and the diversity of elements does not arise in dependence on the diversity of contacts?
"In dependence on the eye element, bhikkhus, there arises eye-contact; in dependence on eye-contact there arises feeling born of eye-contact. It is not that in dependence on feeling born of eye-contact there arises eye-contact, nor that in dependence on eye-contact there arises the eye element. … In dependence on the mind element there arises mind-contact; in dependence on mind-contact there arises feeling born of mind-contact. It is not that in dependence on feeling born of mind-contact there arises mind-contact, nor that in dependence on mind-contact there arises the mind element.
"It is in this way, bhikkhus, that the diversity of contacts arises in dependence on the diversity of elements; that the diversity of feelings arises in dependence on the diversity of contacts; while the diversity of contacts does not arise in dependence on the diversity of feelings, and the diversity of elements does not arise in dependence on the diversity of contacts."
The fifth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.