[1103] Which phenomena (dhammā) are of the sense sphere (kāmāvacara)? Taking the Avīci hell (niraya) as the limit below and including the Paranimmitavasavattī gods above, whatever within this interval has its range here and is included here — the aggregates (khandha), elements (dhātu), and sense bases (āyatana): form (rūpa), feeling (vedanā), perception (saññā), volitional formations (saṅkhārā), and consciousness (viññāṇa) — these phenomena are of the sense sphere.
Which phenomena are not of the sense sphere? Those of the form sphere (rūpāvacara), those of the formless sphere (arūpāvacara), and the unincluded (apariyāpanna) — these phenomena are not of the sense sphere.
Which phenomena are of the form sphere? Taking the Brahmā world as the limit below and including the Akaniṭṭha gods above, whatever within this interval has its range here and is included here — the phenomena of mind (citta) and mental factors (cetasika) of one who has entered the attainment (samāpanna), or of one who has been reborn there (upapanna), or of one dwelling in happiness in this very life — these phenomena are of the form sphere.
Which phenomena are not of the form sphere? Those of the sense sphere, those of the formless sphere, and the unincluded — these phenomena are not of the form sphere.
Which phenomena are of the formless sphere? Taking the gods who have reached the base of infinite space (ākāsānañcāyatana) as the limit below and including the gods who have reached the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana) above, whatever within this interval has its range here and is included here — the phenomena of mind and mental factors of one who has entered the attainment, or of one who has been reborn there, or of one dwelling in happiness in this very life — these phenomena are of the formless sphere.
Which phenomena are not of the formless sphere? Those of the sense sphere, those of the form sphere, and the unincluded — these phenomena are not of the formless sphere.
Which phenomena are included (pariyāpanna)? The wholesome, unwholesome, and indeterminate (abyākata) phenomena subject to taints (sāsava), of the sense sphere, the form sphere, and the formless sphere: the form aggregate, the feeling aggregate, the perception aggregate, the volitional-formations aggregate, and the consciousness aggregate — these phenomena are included.
Which phenomena are unincluded (apariyāpanna)? The paths (magga), the fruits of the paths, and the unconditioned element (asaṅkhatā dhātu) — these phenomena are unincluded.
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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.