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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 640

[640] Which is that form that is clung-to (upādinna) and impinging (sappaṭigha)? The eye base (cakkhāyatana) … the body base (kāyāyatana); or whatever other form there is due to kamma having been performed (kammassa katattā)—the form base (rūpāyatana), the odor base (gandhāyatana), the taste base (rasāyatana), the tangible base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana)—this is that form that is clung-to and impinging. Which is that form that is clung-to and non-impinging (appaṭigha)? The femininity faculty (itthindriya), the masculinity faculty (purisindriya), the life faculty (jīvitindriya); or whatever other form there is due to kamma having been performed—the space element (ākāsadhātu), the water element (āpodhātu), the growth of form (rūpassa upacayo), the continuity of form (rūpassa santati), edible food (kabaḷīkāro āhāro)—this is that form that is clung-to and non-impinging. Which is that form that is not clung-to (anupādinna) and impinging? The sound base (saddāyatana); or whatever other form there is not due to kamma having been performed—the form base, the odor base, the taste base, the tangible base—this is that form that is not clung-to and impinging. Which is that form that is not clung-to and non-impinging? Bodily intimation (kāyaviññatti), verbal intimation (vacīviññatti), the lightness of form (rūpassa lahutā), the malleability of form (rūpassa mudutā), the wieldiness of form (rūpassa kammaññatā), the decay of form (rūpassa jaratā), the impermanence of form (rūpassa aniccatā); or whatever other form there is not due to kamma having been performed—the space element, the water element, the growth of form, the continuity of form, edible food—this is that form that is not clung-to and non-impinging.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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