Āyatanayamaka

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Yamaka (1) · Vol. 38 · Section 281

[281] Is what is not the eye (cakkhu) not the eye sense base (cakkhāyatana)? Is what is not the eye sense base not the eye? Is what is not the ear (sota) not the ear sense base (sotāyatana)? Is what is not the ear sense base not the ear? Is what is not the nose (ghāna) not the nose sense base (ghānāyatana)? Is what is not the nose sense base not the nose? Is what is not the tongue (jivhā) not the tongue sense base (jivhāyatana)? Is what is not the tongue sense base not the tongue? Is what is not the body (kāya) not the body sense base (kāyāyatana)? Is what is not the body sense base not the body? Is what is not form (rūpa) not the form sense base (rūpāyatana)? Is what is not the form sense base not form? Is what is not sound (sadda) not the sound sense base (saddāyatana)? Is what is not the sound sense base not sound? Is what is not odour (gandha) not the odour sense base (gandhāyatana)? Is what is not the odour sense base not odour? Is what is not taste (rasa) not the taste sense base (rasāyatana)? Is what is not the taste sense base not taste? Is what is not a tangible object (phoṭṭhabba) not the tangible-object sense base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana)? Is what is not the tangible-object sense base not a tangible object? Is what is not the mind (mano) not the mind sense base (manāyatana)? Is what is not the mind sense base not the mind? Is what is not a dhamma not the dhamma sense base (dhammāyatana)? Is what is not the dhamma sense base not a dhamma? ___________

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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