[163] How is wisdom in defining externally the knowledge of the diversity of resorts (gocaranānatta-ñāṇa)?
How does one define dhammas externally? One defines forms externally; one defines sounds externally; one defines odors externally; one defines tastes externally; one defines tangible objects externally; one defines dhammas externally.
How does one define forms externally? One defines: "Forms are produced from ignorance (avijjā)"; one defines: "Forms are produced from craving (taṇhā)"; one defines: "Forms are produced from kamma"; one defines: "Forms are produced from nutriment (āhāra)"; one defines: "Forms are derived from the four great elements (mahābhūta)"; one defines: "Forms have arisen"; one defines: "Forms have come together"; one defines: "Forms, not having been, have come to be; having been, they will not be"; one defines forms as finite; one defines: "Forms are unstable, not eternal, subject to change"; one defines: "Forms are impermanent, conditioned, dependently arisen, subject to destruction, subject to vanishing, subject to fading away, subject to cessation"; one defines forms as impermanent, not as permanent; one defines them as suffering (dukkha), not as pleasant; one defines them as not-self, not as self; one becomes disenchanted, does not delight; one becomes dispassionate, is not impassioned; one brings about cessation, does not originate; one relinquishes, does not grasp. Defining them as impermanent, one abandons the perception of permanence; defining them as suffering, one abandons the perception of pleasure; defining them as not-self, one abandons the perception of self; becoming disenchanted, one abandons delight; becoming dispassionate, one abandons lust; bringing about cessation, one abandons origination; relinquishing, one abandons grasping. Thus one defines forms externally.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.