Cakkhundarīya

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Yamaka (2) · Vol. 39 · Section 411

[411] Is pleasure (sukha) the pleasure faculty (sukhindriya)? Yes. … Is pain (dukkha) the pain faculty (dukkhindriya)? Yes. … Is joy (somanassa) the joy faculty (somanassindriya)? Yes. … Is grief (domanassa) the grief faculty (domanassindriya)? Yes. … Is equanimity (upekkhā) the equanimity faculty (upekkhindriya)? Except for the equanimity faculty, the remaining equanimity is equanimity but not the equanimity faculty; the equanimity faculty is both equanimity and the equanimity faculty. Are the faculties (indriya) the eye faculty (cakkhundriya)? The eye faculty is both a faculty and the eye faculty; the remaining faculties are faculties but not the eye faculty. … Is equanimity the equanimity faculty? Except for the equanimity faculty, the remaining equanimity is equanimity but not the equanimity faculty; the equanimity faculty is both equanimity and the equanimity faculty. Are the faculties the perfect-knower faculty (aññātāvindriya)? The perfect-knower faculty is both a faculty and the perfect-knower faculty; the remaining faculties are faculties but not the perfect-knower faculty.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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