[130] Therein, what is the mind element (manodhātu)?
Immediately after the eye-consciousness element (cakkhuviññāṇadhātu) has arisen and ceased, there arises mind (citta), mentality (mano), mentation (mānasa), heart (hadaya), lucidity (paṇḍara), mentality, the mind base (manāyatana), the mind faculty (manindriya), consciousness (viññāṇa), the consciousness aggregate (viññāṇakkhandha), the corresponding (tajjā) mind element; immediately after the ear-consciousness element (sotaviññāṇadhātu) … the nose-consciousness element (ghānaviññāṇadhātu) … the tongue-consciousness element (jivhāviññāṇadhātu) … immediately after the body-consciousness element (kāyaviññāṇadhātu) has arisen and ceased, there arises mind, mentality, mentation, heart, lucidity, mentality, the mind base, the mind faculty, consciousness, the consciousness aggregate, the corresponding mind element; or else, the first adverting (paṭhamasamannāhāra) in regard to all dhammas (dhammā). This is called the mind element.
Therein, what is the dhamma element (dhammadhātu)?
The feeling aggregate (vedanākkhandha), the perception aggregate (saññākkhandha), the volitional formations aggregate (saṅkhārakkhandha); that form (rūpa) which is invisible (anidassana) and non-impinging (appaṭigha), included in the dhamma base (dhammāyatana); and the unconditioned element (asaṅkhatā dhātu).
Therein, what is the feeling aggregate? By way of one: the feeling aggregate is associated with contact (phassa). By way of two: there is the feeling aggregate with roots (sahetuka); there is that without roots (ahetuka). By way of three: there is the wholesome; there is the unwholesome; there is the indeterminate (abyākata). … Thus the feeling aggregate is manifold. This is called the feeling aggregate.
Therein, what is the perception aggregate? By way of one: the perception aggregate is associated with contact. By way of two: there is the perception aggregate with roots; there is that without roots. By way of three: there is the wholesome; there is the unwholesome; there is the indeterminate. … Thus the perception aggregate is manifold. This is called the perception aggregate.
Therein, what is the volitional formations aggregate? By way of one: the volitional formations aggregate is associated with mind. By way of two: there is that which is root (hetu); there is that which is not root. By way of three: there is the wholesome; there is the unwholesome; there is the indeterminate. … Thus the volitional formations aggregate is manifold. This is called the volitional formations aggregate.
Therein, what is the form that is invisible, non-impinging, included in the dhamma base? The femininity faculty (itthindriya) … edible food (kabaḷiṅkāra āhāra). This is called the form that is invisible, non-impinging, included in the dhamma base.
Therein, what is the unconditioned element? The destruction of lust (rāgakkhaya), the destruction of hatred (dosakkhaya), the destruction of delusion (mohakkhaya). This is called the unconditioned element.
This is called the dhamma element.
Therein, what is the mind-consciousness element (manoviññāṇadhātu)?
Immediately after the eye-consciousness element has arisen and ceased, there arises the mind element; and immediately after the mind element, too, has arisen and ceased, there arises mind, mentality, mentation … the corresponding mind-consciousness element. Immediately after the ear-consciousness element … the nose-consciousness element … the tongue-consciousness element … immediately after the body-consciousness element has arisen and ceased, there arises the mind element; and immediately after the mind element, too, has arisen and ceased, there arises mind, mentality, mentation … the corresponding mind-consciousness element. And in dependence on the mind (mano) and dhammas there arises mind, mentality, mentation, heart, lucidity, mentality, the mind base, the mind faculty, consciousness, the consciousness aggregate, the corresponding mind-consciousness element. This is called the mind-consciousness element.
The Analysis According to the Abhidhamma (Abhidhammabhājanīya).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.