[1397] S. Is eye-consciousness (cakkhuviññāṇa) attended by mental engagement (sābhoga)?
P. Yes.
S. Does eye-consciousness arise with reference to (ārabbha) emptiness (suññatā)?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. Does eye-consciousness arise with reference to emptiness?
P. Yes.
S. Is it that in dependence on (paṭicca) the eye (cakkhu) and emptiness, eye-consciousness arises?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. Is it that in dependence on the eye and emptiness, eye-consciousness arises?
P. Yes.
S. Is there indeed a discourse (suttanta): "In dependence on the eye and emptiness, eye-consciousness arises"?
P. There is not.
S. Is there indeed a discourse: "In dependence on the eye and forms (rūpa), eye-consciousness arises"?
P. Yes.
S. If there is indeed a discourse: "In dependence on the eye and forms, eye-consciousness arises," then truly, good sir, it should not be said: "In dependence on the eye and emptiness, eye-consciousness arises."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.