[283] Is what is not the eye (cakkhu) not the eye sense base (cakkhāyatana)? Is what is not a sense base (āyatana) not the ear sense base (sotāyatana)?
Is what is not the eye not the eye sense base? Is what is not a sense base not the nose sense base (ghānāyatana)?
Is what is not the eye not the eye sense base? Is what is not a sense base not the tongue sense base (jivhāyatana)? … Is what is not a sense base not the dhamma sense base (dhammāyatana)?
Is what is not the ear (sota) not the ear sense base? Is what is not a sense base not the eye sense base?
Is what is not the ear not the ear sense base? Is what is not a sense base not the nose sense base? … Is what is not a sense base not the dhamma sense base?
Is what is not the nose (ghāna) not the nose sense base? … Is what is not a sense base not the dhamma sense base? …
Is what is not dhamma not the dhamma sense base? Is what is not a sense base not the eye sense base?
Is what is not dhamma not the dhamma sense base? Is what is not a sense base not the ear sense base? … Is what is not a sense base not the mind sense base (manāyatana)?
(The cycle should be constructed.)
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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.