Cakkhundarīya

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Yamaka (2) · Vol. 39 · Section 399

[399] Is the eye (cakkhu) the eye faculty (cakkhundriya)? The divine eye (dibbacakkhu) and the wisdom eye (paññācakkhu) are eye but not the eye faculty; the eye faculty is both eye and the eye faculty. Are faculties (indriyā) the femininity faculty (itthindriya)? The femininity faculty is both a faculty and the femininity faculty; the remaining faculties are faculties but not the femininity faculty. Is the eye the eye faculty? The divine eye and the wisdom eye are eye but not the eye faculty; the eye faculty is both eye and the eye faculty. Are faculties the masculinity faculty (purisindriya)? The masculinity faculty is both a faculty and the masculinity faculty; the remaining faculties are faculties but not the masculinity faculty. Is the eye the eye faculty? The divine eye and the wisdom eye are eye but not the eye faculty; the eye faculty is both eye and the eye faculty. Are faculties the life faculty (jīvitindriya)? The life faculty is both a faculty and the life faculty; the remaining faculties are faculties but not the life faculty.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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