Cakkhundarīya

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Yamaka (2) · Vol. 39 · Section 485

[485] Is what is not 'I shall come to know the unknown' (anaññātaññassāmīti) not a faculty (indriya)? Setting aside 'I shall come to know the unknown,' the remaining faculties are not 'I shall come to know the unknown,' but are faculties. Setting aside 'I shall come to know the unknown' and the faculties, the remaining [phenomena] are neither 'I shall come to know the unknown' nor faculties. Is what is not a faculty not the eye-faculty (cakkhundriya)? Yes. … Is what is not 'I shall come to know the unknown' not a faculty? Setting aside 'I shall come to know the unknown,' the remaining faculties are not 'I shall come to know the unknown,' but are faculties. Setting aside 'I shall come to know the unknown' and the faculties, the remaining [phenomena] are neither 'I shall come to know the unknown' nor faculties. Is what is not a faculty not the perfect-knower faculty (aññātāvindriya)? Yes.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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