Cakkhundarīya

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Yamaka (2) · Vol. 39 · Section 463

[463] Is pleasure (sukha) a faculty (indriya)? Yes. Are faculties the eye faculty (cakkhundriya)? The eye faculty is both a faculty and the eye faculty; the remaining faculties are faculties, not the eye faculty. … Is pleasure a faculty? Yes. Are faculties the perfect-knower faculty (aññātāvindriya)? The perfect-knower faculty is both a faculty and the perfect-knower faculty; the remaining faculties are faculties, not the perfect-knower faculty. Is pain (dukkha) a faculty? Yes. … Is joy (somanassa) a faculty? Yes. … Is grief (domanassa) a faculty? Yes. … Is equanimity (upekkhā) a faculty? The equanimity that is a faculty is both equanimity and a faculty; the remaining equanimity is not a faculty. Are faculties the eye faculty? The eye faculty is both a faculty and the eye faculty; the remaining faculties are faculties, not the eye faculty. … Is equanimity a faculty? The equanimity that is a faculty is both equanimity and a faculty; the remaining equanimity is not a faculty. Are faculties the perfect-knower faculty? The perfect-knower faculty is both a faculty and the perfect-knower faculty; the remaining faculties are faculties, not the perfect-knower faculty.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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