Cakkhundarīya

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Yamaka (2) · Vol. 39 · Section 393

[393] Is what is not the eye (cakkhu) not the eye-faculty (cakkhundriya)? Yes. Is what is not the eye-faculty not the eye? The divine eye (dibbacakkhu) and the eye of wisdom (paññācakkhu) are not the eye-faculty, yet they are the eye; setting aside the eye and the eye-faculty, the remainder are neither the eye nor the eye-faculty. Is what is not the ear (sota) not the ear-faculty (sotindriya)? Yes. Is what is not the ear-faculty not the ear? The divine ear (dibbasota) and the stream of craving (taṇhāsota) are not the ear-faculty, yet they are the ear (sota); setting aside the ear and the ear-faculty, the remainder are neither the ear nor the ear-faculty. Is what is not the nose (ghāna) not the nose-faculty (ghānindriya)? Yes. Is what is not the nose-faculty not the nose? Yes. Is what is not the tongue (jivhā) not the tongue-faculty (jivhindriya)? Yes. Is what is not the tongue-faculty not the tongue? Yes. Is what is not the body (kāya) not the body-faculty (kāyindriya)? Yes. Is what is not the body-faculty not the body? Setting aside the body-faculty, the remaining [body] is not the body-faculty, yet it is the body; setting aside the body and the body-faculty, the remainder are neither the body nor the body-faculty. Is what is not the mind (mano) not the mind-faculty (manindriya)? Yes. Is what is not the mind-faculty not the mind? Yes.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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