[291] "Is what is not eye (cakkhu) not the eye base (cakkhāyatana)?" "Yes (āmantā)."
"Are those that are not sense bases (āyatana) not the ear base (sotāyatana)?" "Yes."
"Is what is not eye not the eye base?" "Yes."
"Are those that are not sense bases not the nose base (ghānāyatana)?" "Yes." …
"Are those that are not sense bases not the dhamma base (dhammāyatana)?" "Yes."
"Is what is not ear (sota) not the ear base?" "Yes."
"Are those that are not sense bases not the eye base? … Are those that are not sense bases not the dhamma base?" "Yes."
"Is what is not nose (ghāna) not the nose base? … Is what is not dhamma not the dhamma base?" "Yes."
"Are those that are not sense bases not the eye base?" "Yes."
"Is what is not dhamma not the dhamma base?" "Yes."
"Are those that are not sense bases not the ear base? … Are those that are not sense bases not the mind base (manāyatana)?" "Yes."
(In binding the wheel (cakka) [of permutations], the answer "Yes" is to be supplied in every case.)
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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.