VaggaKāyakammaṁsanidassanantikathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1125

[1125] Sakavādin: Is bodily action (kāyakamma) visible (sanidassana)? Paravādin: Yes. S. Is it form (rūpa), the sense base of form (rūpāyatana), the element of form (rūpadhātu), blue, yellow, red, white, cognizable by the eye? Does it impinge upon the eye? Does it come into the range of the eye? P. It should not be said thus. … S. Is bodily action visible? P. Yes. S. Does eye-consciousness (cakkhuviññāṇa) arise dependent on the eye and bodily action? P. It should not be said thus. … S. Does eye-consciousness arise dependent on the eye and bodily action? P. Yes. S. Is there indeed a discourse (suttanta): "Dependent on the eye and bodily action, eye-consciousness arises"? P. There is not. S. Is there indeed a discourse: "Dependent on the eye and forms, eye-consciousness arises"? P. Yes. S. If there is indeed a discourse: "Dependent on the eye and forms, eye-consciousness arises," then indeed it should not be said: "Dependent on the eye and bodily action, eye-consciousness arises."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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