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B01030516aṭṭhamavaggo (eighth part)

English

” Contact arisen from unwholesome consciousness is unwholesome, with an object. Is there turning towards it, attention, application, advertence, volition, aspiration, resolve? Yes. Bodily action, form, arisen from unwholesome consciousness, is unwholesome, with an object. Is there turning towards it... etc. ...resolve? No, it should not be said thus... Feeling, perception, volition, greed, hatred, delusion, conceit, wrong view, doubt, sloth, restlessness, shamelessness, fearlessness of wrongdoing, arisen from unwholesome consciousness, is unwholesome, with an object. Is there turning towards it... etc. ...resolve? Yes. Bodily action, form, arisen from unwholesome consciousness, is unwholesome, with an object. Is there turning towards it... etc. ...resolve? No, it should not be said thus... Bodily action, form, arisen from unwholesome consciousness, is unwholesome, without an object. Is there no turning towards it... etc. ...resolve? Yes. Contact arisen from unwholesome consciousness is unwholesome, without an object. Is there no turning towards it... etc. ...resolve? No, it should not be said thus... Bodily action, form, arisen from unwholesome consciousness, is unwholesome, without an object. Is there no turning towards it... etc. ...resolve? Yes. Feeling, perception, volition, greed, hatred, delusion, conceit, wrong view, doubt, sloth, restlessness, shamelessness, fearlessness of wrongdoing, arisen from unwholesome consciousness, is unwholesome, without an object. Is there no turning towards it... etc. ...resolve? No, it should not be said thus... Is bodily action, form, arisen from unwholesome consciousness, unwholesome? Yes. Is all form whatsoever arisen from unwholesome consciousness unwholesome? No, it should not be said thus... Is verbal action, arisen from unwholesome mind, form, unwholesome? Yes. Is it with an object, does it have turning, etc., and aspiration? It should not be said thus, etc. Is it not without an object, does it not have turning, etc., and aspiration? Yes. If it is without an object, if it has no turning, etc., and aspiration; then it should not be said – "verbal action, arisen from unwholesome mind, is unwholesome form." Is contact, arisen from unwholesome mind, unwholesome, with an object, does it have turning, etc., and aspiration? Yes. Is verbal action, arisen from unwholesome mind, unwholesome form, with an object, does it have turning, etc., and aspiration? It should not be said thus, etc. Are feeling, etc., perception, volition, greed, hatred, delusion, conceit, wrong view, doubt, sloth, restlessness, shamelessness, etc., and fearlessness of wrongdoing, arisen from unwholesome mind, unwholesome, with an object, do they have turning, etc., and aspiration? Yes. Is verbal action, arisen from unwholesome mind, unwholesome form, with an object, does it have turning, etc., and aspiration? It should not be said thus, etc. Is verbal action, arisen from unwholesome mind, unwholesome form, without an object, does it have no turning, etc., and aspiration? Yes. Is contact, arisen from unwholesome mind, unwholesome, without an object, does it have no turning, etc., and aspiration? It should not be said thus, etc. Is verbal action, arisen from unwholesome mind, unwholesome form, without an object, does it have no turning, etc., and aspiration? Yes. Are feeling, etc., perception, volition, greed, hatred, delusion, conceit, wrong view, doubt, sloth, restlessness, shamelessness, etc., and fearlessness of wrongdoing, arisen from unwholesome mind, unwholesome, without an object, do they have no turning, etc., and aspiration? It should not be said thus, etc. Is verbal action, arisen from unwholesome mind, form, unwholesome? Yes. Whatever form, arises from an unwholesome mind, all that is unwholesome. Are they unwholesome? It should not be said so...pe.... 535. Is the form of verbal action arisen from an unwholesome mind unwholesome? Yes. Is the visible object arisen from an unwholesome mind unwholesome? It should not be said so...pe... Is the form of verbal action arisen from an unwholesome mind unwholesome? Yes. Is the sound object...pe... odor object... taste object... tangible object...pe... earth element... water element... fire element...pe... wind element, impurity, tears, blood, sweat, arisen from an unwholesome mind, unwholesome? It should not be said so...pe.... Is the visible object arisen from an unwholesome mind indeterminate? Yes. Is the form of verbal action arisen from an unwholesome mind indeterminate? It should not be said so...pe... Is the sound object...pe... odor object... taste object... tangible object...pe... earth element... water element... fire element...pe... wind element, impurity, tears, blood, sweat, arisen from an unwholesome mind, indeterminate? Yes. Is the form of verbal action arisen from an unwholesome mind indeterminate? It should not be said so...pe.... 536. Is the form of verbal action, arisen from an unwholesome mind, without object, unwholesome? Yes. Is the visible object, arisen from an unwholesome mind, without object, unwholesome? It should not be said so...pe... Is the form of verbal action, arisen from an unwholesome mind, without object, unwholesome? Yes. Is the sound object...pe... odor object...pe... taste object...pe... tangible object... earth element... water element... fire element...pe... wind element, impurity, tears, blood, sweat, arisen from an unwholesome mind, without object, unwholesome? It should not be said so...pe.... Is the visible object, arisen from an unwholesome mind, without object, indeterminate? Yes. Is the form of verbal action, arisen from an unwholesome mind, without object, indeterminate? It should not be said so...pe... Is the sound object...pe... odor object... taste object... tangible object... ...and so on... the earth element... the water element... the fire element... ...and so on... the air element, impure, tears, blood, sweat, without object, indeterminate? Yes. Is the verbal action-form, a form arisen from unwholesome consciousness, without object, indeterminate? It should not be said thus... ...and so on... 537. Is the verbal action-form, a form arisen from unwholesome consciousness, dissociated from contact, unwholesome? Yes. Is the visible object-sphere, arisen from unwholesome consciousness, dissociated from contact, unwholesome? It should not be said thus... ...and so on... Is the verbal action-form, a form arisen from unwholesome consciousness, dissociated from contact, unwholesome? Yes. Is the sound-sphere, arisen from unwholesome consciousness... ...and so on... the smell-sphere... the taste-sphere... the touch-sphere... the earth element... the water element... the fire element... ...and so on... the air element, impure, tears, blood, sweat, dissociated from contact, unwholesome? It should not be said thus... ...and so on... Is the visible object-sphere, arisen from unwholesome consciousness, dissociated from contact, indeterminate? Yes. Is the verbal action-form, a form arisen from unwholesome consciousness, without object, dissociated from contact, indeterminate? It should not be said thus... ...and so on... Is the sound-sphere, arisen from unwholesome consciousness... ...and so on... the smell-sphere... the taste-sphere... the touch-sphere... the earth element... the water element... the fire element... ...and so on... the air element, impure, tears, blood, sweat, without object, dissociated from contact, indeterminate? Yes. Is the verbal action-form, a form arisen from unwholesome consciousness, without object, dissociated from contact, indeterminate? It should not be said thus... ...and so on... Is the verbal action-form, a form arisen from unwholesome consciousness, without object, dissociated from contact, unwholesome? Yes. Is the visible object-sphere, arisen from unwholesome consciousness, without object, dissociated from contact, unwholesome? It should not be said thus... ...and so on... Is the verbal action-form, a form arisen from unwholesome consciousness, without object, dissociated from contact, unwholesome? Yes. Is the sound-sphere, arisen from unwholesome consciousness... ...and so on... the smell-sphere... the taste-sphere... the touch-sphere... sense-base... earth element... water element... fire element... wind element... impure, tears, blood, sweat, without object, disjoined from contact, unwholesome? It should not be said thus... Is the visible form sense-base, arisen from an unwholesome mind, without object, disjoined from contact, undeclared? Yes. Is verbal action, form, arisen from an unwholesome mind, without object, disjoined from contact, undeclared? It should not be said thus... Is the sound sense-base... smell sense-base... taste sense-base... touch sense-base... earth element... water element... fire element... wind element... impure, tears, blood, sweat, arisen from an unwholesome mind, without object, disjoined from contact, undeclared? Yes. Is verbal action, form, arisen from an unwholesome mind, without object, disjoined from contact, undeclared? It should not be said thus... Should it not be said: "Form is wholesome and unwholesome"? Yes. But isn't bodily action and verbal action wholesome and unwholesome? Yes. If bodily action and verbal action are wholesome and unwholesome, then indeed it should be said: "Form is wholesome and unwholesome." Is form wholesome and unwholesome? Yes. Is the eye sense-base wholesome and unwholesome? It should not be said thus... Is form wholesome and unwholesome? Yes. Is the ear sense-base... nose sense-base... tongue sense-base... body sense-base... visible form sense-base... sound sense-base... smell sense-base... taste sense-base... touch sense-base... earth element... water element... fire element... wind element... impure, tears, blood, sweat, wholesome and unwholesome? It should not be said thus... Is the body form, is bodily action form? Yes. Is the mind form, is mental action form?