VaggaRūpadhātuyāāyatanakathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1227

[1227] S. Is there therein the eye base (cakkhāyatanaṃ), is there the form base (rūpāyatanaṃ), and does one see that form with that eye? P. Yes. S. Is there therein the nose base (ghānāyatanaṃ), is there the odour base (gandhāyatanaṃ), and does one smell that odour with that nose? P. It should not be said so. … S. Is there therein the eye base, is there the form base, and does one see that form with that eye? P. Yes. S. Is there therein the tongue base (jivhāyatanaṃ), is there the taste base (rasāyatanaṃ), and does one taste that taste with that tongue? … Is there therein the body base (kāyāyatanaṃ), is there the tangible-object base (phoṭṭhabbāyatanaṃ), and does one touch that tangible object with that body? P. It should not be said so. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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