[1211] "Is it only the five strands of sensual pleasure (kāmaguṇa) that are the sensual element (kāmadhātu)?" — "Yes."
"Is the eye of human beings not the sensual element?" — "It should not be said thus." …
"The ear of human beings … The nose of human beings … The tongue of human beings … The body of human beings … Is the mind (mano) of human beings not the sensual element?" — "It should not be said thus." …
"Is the mind of human beings not the sensual element?" — "Yes."
"But was it not said by the Blessed One:
'The five strands of sensual pleasure in the world, with mind as the sixth, have been proclaimed;
having expunged desire herein, one is thus freed from suffering (dukkha)'?¹
Does such a discourse indeed exist?" — "Yes."
"Well then, it should not be said: 'The mind of human beings is not the sensual element.'"
¹ Khu. Su. 291.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.