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Eighteen elements – the eye element, the form element, the eye-consciousness element, the ear element, the sound element, the ear-consciousness element, the nose element, the odor element, the nose-consciousness element, the tongue element, the taste element, the tongue-consciousness element, the body element, the tangible element, the body-consciousness element, the mind element, the phenomena element, the mind-consciousness element. 186. Among the eighteen elements, how many are wholesome, how many unwholesome, how many indeterminate… and so on… how many are with refuge, how many are without refuge? 1. Triad 187. Sixteen elements are indeterminate. Two elements may be wholesome, may be unwholesome, may be indeterminate. Ten elements are not to be said – “associated with pleasant feeling” or “associated with painful feeling” or “associated with neither-pleasant-nor-painful feeling.” Five elements are associated with neither-pleasant-nor-painful feeling. The body-consciousness element may be associated with pleasant feeling, may be associated with painful feeling. The mind-consciousness element may be associated with pleasant feeling, may be associated with painful feeling, may be associated with neither-pleasant-nor-painful feeling. The phenomena element may be associated with pleasant feeling, may be associated with painful feeling, may be associated with neither-pleasant-nor-painful feeling, may not be said – “associated with pleasant feeling” or “associated with painful feeling” or “associated with neither-pleasant-nor-painful feeling.” Ten elements are neither-result-nor-result-producing. Five elements are results. The mind element may be a result, may be neither-result-nor-result-producing. Two elements may be results, may be result-producing, may be neither-result-nor-result-producing. Ten elements are clung-to and clingable. The sound element is not clung-to and not clingable. Five elements may be clung-to and clingable, may be not clung-to and not clingable. Two elements may be clung-to and clingable, may be not clung-to not clingable, may be not clung to and not clingable. Sixteen elements are undefiled, yet defiling. Two elements may be defiled and defiling, may be undefiled, yet defiling, may be undefiled and non-defiling. Fifteen elements are without initial application and without sustained application. The mind-element is with initial application and with sustained application. The mind-consciousness element may be with initial application and with sustained application, may be without initial application, only with sustained application, may be without initial application and without sustained application. The dharma-element may be with initial application and with sustained application, may be without initial application, only with sustained application, may be without initial application and without sustained application, may be not to be said as "with initial application and with sustained application", nor as "without initial application, only with sustained application", nor as "without initial application and without sustained application". Ten elements are not to be said as "accompanied by joy", nor as "accompanied by pleasure", nor as "accompanied by equanimity". Five elements are accompanied by equanimity. The body-consciousness element is not accompanied by joy, may be accompanied by pleasure, is not accompanied by equanimity, may be not to be said as "accompanied by pleasure". Two elements may be accompanied by joy, may be accompanied by pleasure, may be accompanied by equanimity, may be not to be said as "accompanied by joy", nor as "accompanied by pleasure", nor as "accompanied by equanimity". Sixteen elements are neither to be abandoned by seeing nor by development. Two elements may be abandoned by seeing, may be abandoned by development, may be neither abandoned by seeing nor by development. Sixteen elements have causes neither to be abandoned by seeing nor by development. Two elements may have causes to be abandoned by seeing, may have causes to be abandoned by development, may have causes neither to be abandoned by seeing nor by development. Sixteen elements neither lead to accumulation nor to diminution. Two elements may lead to accumulation, may lead to diminution, may neither lead to accumulation nor to diminution. Sixteen elements are neither trainees nor adepts. Two elements may be trainees, may be adepts, may be neither trainees nor adepts. Sixteen elements are limited. Two elements may be limited, may be exalted, may be immeasurable. Ten elements are without object. Six elements have limited objects. Two elements may have limited objects, may have exalted objects, may have immeasurable objects, may not be said to be "having limited objects" nor "having exalted objects" nor "having immeasurable objects". Sixteen elements are middling. Two elements may be inferior, may be middling, may be superior. Sixteen elements are undetermined. Two elements may be wrongly determined, may be rightly determined, may be undetermined. Ten elements are objectless. Six elements may not be said to be "having path as object" nor "having path as cause" nor "having path as dominant". Two elements may have path as object, may have path as cause, may have path as dominant, may not be said to be "having path as object" nor "having path as cause" nor "having path as dominant". Ten elements may have arisen, may be arising, may not be said to be "unarisen". The sound element may have arisen, may be unarisen, may not be said to be "arising". Six elements may have arisen, may be unarisen, may be arising. The dhamma element may have arisen, may be unarisen, may be arising, may not be said to be "arisen" nor "unarisen" nor "arising". Seventeen elements may be past, may be future, may be present. The dhamma element may be past, may be future, may be present, may not be said to be "past" nor "future" nor "present". Ten elements are objectless. Six elements have present objects. Two elements may have past objects, may have future objects, may have present objects, may not be said to be "having past objects" nor "having future objects" nor "having present objects"; may be internal, may be external, may be internal and external. Ten elements are objectless. Six elements may have internal objects, may have external objects, may have internal and external objects. Two elements may be internal Objects, may be external objects, may be internal and external objects, may not be said – "internal objects" or "external objects" or "internal and external objects." The element of form is with manifestation and with impingement. Nine elements are without manifestation and without impingement. Eight elements are without manifestation and without impingement. 2. Dyad 188. Seventeen elements are not roots. The element of phenomena may be a root, may not be a root. Sixteen elements are rootless. Two elements may be with roots, may be rootless. Sixteen elements are rootless. Two elements may be with roots, may be rootless. Sixteen elements are disjoined from roots. Two elements may be conjoined with roots, may be disjoined from roots. Sixteen elements may not be said – "both a root and with roots" or "both with roots and not a root." The element of mind-consciousness may not be said – "both a root and with roots"; may be both with roots and not a root; may not be said – "both with roots and not a root." The element of phenomena may be both a root and with roots, may be both with roots and not a root, may not be said – "both a root and with roots" or "both with roots and not a root." Sixteen elements may not be said – "both roots and conjoined with roots" or "both conjoined with roots and not roots." The element of mind-consciousness may not be said – "both a root and conjoined with roots"; may be both conjoined with roots and not a root; may not be said – "both conjoined with roots and not a root." The element of phenomena may be both a root and conjoined with roots, may be both conjoined with roots and not a root, may not be said – "both a root and conjoined with roots" or "both conjoined with roots and not a root." Sixteen elements are not (root and rootless). The element of mind-consciousness may not be (root and with roots), may not be (root and rootless). The element of phenomena may not be (root and with roots), may not be (root and rootless), may not be said – "not (root and with roots)" or "not (root and rootless)." —so it is said. Seventeen elements are with condition. The Dharma element may be with condition, may be without condition. Seventeen elements are conditioned. The Dharma element may be conditioned, may be unconditioned. The form element is with manifestation. Seventeen elements are without manifestation. Ten elements are with impingement. Eight elements are without impingement. Ten elements are material. Seven elements are immaterial. The Dharma element may be material, may be immaterial. Sixteen elements are mundane. Two elements may be mundane, may be supramundane; by some knowable, by some unknowable. Seventeen elements are not defilements. The Dharma element may be defilement, may be not defilement. Sixteen elements are with defilements. Two elements may be with defilements, may be without defilements. Sixteen elements are disjoined from defilements. Two elements may be conjoined with defilements, may be disjoined from defilements. Sixteen elements are not to be said: “both defilements and with defilements,” “both with defilements and not defilements.” The mind-consciousness element is not to be said: “both defilement and with defilements,” it may be both with defilements and not defilement, it may be not to be said: “both with defilements and not defilement.” The Dharma element may be both defilement and with defilements, may be both with defilements and not defilement, may be not to be said: “both defilement and with defilements,” “both with defilements and not defilement.”