[648] Which is that form (rūpa) which is clung-to and subject to clinging (upādinnupādāniya), far (dūre)?
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 (ākāsa-dhātu), the water element (āpo-dhātu), the growth of form (rūpassa upacayo), the continuity of form (rūpassa santati), edible nutriment (kabaḷīkāro āhāro) — this is that form which is clung-to and subject to clinging, far.
Which is that form which is clung-to and subject to clinging, near (santike)?
The eye base (cakkhāyatana) … the body base (kāyāyatana); or whatever other form there is due to kamma having been performed: the form base (rūpāyatana), the odour base (gandhāyatana), the taste base (rasāyatana), the tangible base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana) — this is that form which is clung-to and subject to clinging, near.
Which is that form which is not clung-to but subject to clinging (anupādinnupādāniya), far?
Bodily intimation (kāya-viññatti), verbal intimation (vacī-viññatti), the lightness of form (rūpassa lahutā), the pliancy 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 that is not due to kamma having been performed: the space element, the water element, the growth of form, the continuity of form, edible nutriment — this is that form which is not clung-to but subject to clinging, far.
Which is that form which is not clung-to but subject to clinging, near?
The sound base (saddāyatana); or whatever other form there is that is not due to kamma having been performed: the form base, the odour base, the taste base, the tangible base — this is that form which is not clung-to but subject to clinging, near.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.