ĀyatanavibhaṅgasuttantabhājanīyaPañhāpucchakaParāmāsagocchakavisajnā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Vibhaṅga · Vol. 35 · Section 109

[109] Eleven sense bases (āyatana) are not misapprehension (parāmāsa); the mental-object base (dhammāyatana) may be misapprehension, may be not misapprehension. Ten sense bases are misapprehended (parāmaṭṭha); two sense bases may be misapprehended, may be not misapprehended (aparāmaṭṭha). Ten sense bases are dissociated from misapprehension (parāmāsavippayutta); the mind base (manāyatana) may be associated with misapprehension (parāmāsasampayutta), may be dissociated from misapprehension; the mental-object base may be associated with misapprehension, may be dissociated from misapprehension, and may not be describable either as associated with misapprehension or as dissociated from misapprehension. Ten sense bases are not to be described as "both misapprehension and misapprehended"; they are misapprehended but not misapprehension. The mind base is not to be described as "both misapprehension and misapprehended"; it may be misapprehended but not misapprehension, and it may not be describable as "misapprehended but not misapprehension." The mental-object base may be both misapprehension and misapprehended, may be misapprehended but not misapprehension, and may not be describable either as "both misapprehension and misapprehended" or as "misapprehended but not misapprehension." Ten sense bases are dissociated from misapprehension and misapprehended (parāmāsavippayutta-parāmaṭṭha); two sense bases may be dissociated from misapprehension and misapprehended, may be dissociated from misapprehension and not misapprehended (parāmāsavippayutta-aparāmaṭṭha), and may not be describable either as "dissociated from misapprehension and misapprehended" or as "dissociated from misapprehension and not misapprehended."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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