Suddhāyatanamūlacakkavāra

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Yamaka (1) · Vol. 38 · Section 295

[295] Is what is not eye (cakkhu) not a sense base (āyatana)? Setting aside the eye, the remaining sense bases are not eye but are sense bases; setting aside the eye and the sense bases, the rest are neither eye nor sense bases. [Siam Raṭṭha edition note 1: "Here too, this should be understood by the method stated earlier."] Is what is not a sense base not the ear base (sotāyatana)? Yes. … Is what is not eye not a sense base? Setting aside the eye, the remaining sense bases are not eye but are sense bases; setting aside the eye and the sense bases, the rest are neither eye nor sense bases. Is what is not a sense base not the nose base (ghānāyatana)? … Is what is not a sense base not the dhamma base (dhammāyatana)? Yes. Is what is not ear (sota) not a sense base? Setting aside the ear … setting aside the nose (ghāna), setting aside the tongue (jivhā) … nor sense bases. Is what is not body (kāya) not a sense base? Yes. Is what is not a sense base not the eye base (cakkhāyatana)? Yes. … Is what is not a sense base not the dhamma base? Yes. … Is what is not dhamma not a sense base? Yes. Is what is not a sense base not the eye base? Yes. Is what is not dhamma not a sense base? Yes. Is what is not a sense base not the ear base? Yes. … Is what is not a sense base not the mind base (manāyatana)? Yes. (The cycle should be constructed.) The Designation Section (Paṇṇattivāra). ___________ The Occurrence Section (Pavattivāra)

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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