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B01030810indriyayamakaṃ (faculty duality)

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(A) Where the faculty of eye will not arise, there will the faculty of ear not arise? Yes. (B) Or where the faculty of ear will not arise, there will the faculty of eye not arise? Yes. (A) Where the faculty of eye will not arise, there will the faculty of nose not arise? Yes. (B) Or where the faculty of nose will not arise, there the faculty of eye. will an faculty not arise? In the Fine-material realm, there the nose faculty will not arise, but there the eye faculty will not not arise. In the Non-percipient beings, in the Immaterial realm, there the nose faculty will not arise, and the eye faculty will not arise. Where the eye faculty will not arise, will the female faculty... ...or the male faculty not arise? Yes. Or where the male faculty will not arise, will the eye faculty not arise? In the Fine-material realm, there the male faculty will not arise, but there the eye faculty will not not arise. In the Non-percipient beings, in the Immaterial realm, there the male faculty will not arise, and the eye faculty will not arise. (A) Where the eye faculty will not arise, will the life faculty not arise? It will arise. (B) Or where the life faculty will not arise, will the eye faculty not arise? No. (A) Where the eye faculty will not arise, will the joy faculty not arise? Yes. (B) Or where the joy faculty will not arise, will the eye faculty not arise? Yes. (A) Where the eye faculty will not arise, will the equanimity faculty not arise? In the Immaterial realm, there the eye faculty will not arise, but there the equanimity faculty will not not arise. In the Non-percipient beings, there the eye faculty will not arise, and the equanimity faculty will not arise. (B) Or where the equanimity faculty will not arise, will the eye faculty not arise? Yes. Where the eye faculty will not arise, will the faith faculty... ...or the wisdom faculty... ...or the mind faculty not arise? In the Immaterial realm, there the eye faculty will not arise, but there the mind faculty will not not arise. In the Non-percipient beings, there the eye faculty will not arise, and the mind faculty will not arise. Or where the mind faculty will not arise, will the eye faculty not arise there? Yes. (Rooted in the eye faculty) 318. Where the nose faculty will not arise, will the female faculty… etc. … the male faculty not arise there? Yes. Or where the male faculty will not arise, will the nose faculty not arise there? Yes. (a) Where the nose faculty will not arise, will the life faculty not arise there? It will arise. (b) Or where the life faculty will not arise, will the nose faculty not arise there? No. (a) Where the nose faculty will not arise, will the joy faculty not arise there? In the form realm, the nose faculty will not arise there, but the joy faculty will not not arise there. In the non-percipient beings, in the formless realm, both the nose faculty will not arise and the joy faculty will not arise. (b) Or where the joy faculty will not arise, will the nose faculty not arise there? Yes. (a) Where the nose faculty will not arise, will the equanimity faculty not arise there? In the form realm, in the formless realm, the nose faculty will not arise there, but the equanimity faculty will not not arise there. In the non-percipient beings, both the nose faculty will not arise and the equanimity faculty will not arise. (b) Or where the equanimity faculty will not arise, will the nose faculty not arise there? Yes. Where the nose faculty will not arise, will the faith faculty… etc. … the wisdom faculty… etc. … the mind faculty not arise there? In the form realm, in the formless realm, the nose faculty will not arise there, but the mind faculty will not not arise there. In the non-percipient beings, both the nose faculty will not arise and the mind faculty will not arise. Or where the mind faculty will not aris will the nose faculty not arise there? Yes. (Rooted in the nose faculty) 319. (A) Where the female faculty will not arise, will the male faculty not arise there? Yes. (B) Or where the male faculty will not arise, will the female faculty not arise there? Yes. ...and so on.... 320. (A) Where the male faculty will not arise, will the life faculty not arise there? It will arise. (B) Or where the life faculty will not arise, will the male faculty not arise there? No. (A) Where the male faculty will not arise, will the faculty of joy not arise there? In the form realms, the male faculty will not arise there, but the faculty of joy will arise there. In the non-percipient beings, in the formless, the male faculty will not arise there, and the faculty of joy will not arise there. (B) Or where the faculty of joy will not arise, will the male faculty not arise there? Yes. (A) Where the male faculty will not arise, will the faculty of equanimity not arise there? In the form realms, in the formless realms, the male faculty will not arise there, but the faculty of equanimity will arise there. In the non-percipient beings, the male faculty will not arise there, and the faculty of equanimity will not arise there. (B) Or where the faculty of equanimity will not arise, will the male faculty not arise there? Yes. Where the male faculty will not arise, will the faculty of faith... ...and so on... the faculty of wisdom... ...and so on... the mind faculty not arise there? In the form realms, in the formless realms, the male faculty will not arise there, but the mind faculty will arise there. In the non-percipient beings, the male faculty will not arise there, and the mind faculty will not arise there. Or where the mind faculty will not arise, will the male faculty not will arise? Yes. (Rooted in the faculty of masculinity) 321. (a) Where the faculty of life will not arise, there the faculty of joy will not arise? No. (b) Or where the faculty of joy will not arise, there the faculty of life will not arise? It will arise. Where the faculty of life will not arise, there the faculty of equanimity... the faculty of faith... the faculty of wisdom... the faculty of mind will not arise? No. Or where the faculty of mind will not arise, there the faculty of life will not arise? It will arise. (Rooted in the faculty of life) 322. Where the faculty of joy will not arise, there the faculty of equanimity... the faculty of faith... the faculty of wisdom... the faculty of mind will not arise? Yes. Or where the faculty of mind will not arise, there the faculty of joy will not arise? Yes. (Rooted in the faculty of joy) 323. Where the faculty of equanimity will not arise, there the faculty of faith... the faculty of wisdom... the faculty of mind will not arise? Yes. Or where the faculty of mind will not arise, there the faculty of equanimity will not arise? Yes. (Rooted in the faculty of equanimity) 324. Where the faculty of faith will not arise, there the faculty of wisdom... the faculty of mind will not arise? Yes. Or where the faculty of mind will not arise, there the faculty of faith will not arise? Yes. (Rooted in the faculty of faith) 325. (a) Where the faculty of wisdom will not arise, there the faculty of mind will not arise? Yes. (b) Or where the faculty of mind will not arise, there the faculty of wisdom will not arise? Yes. (Rooted in the faculty of wisdom) (c) Cases of opposing persons and locations 326. (a) For whom, where the faculty of sight will not arise, for him, there the faculty of hearing will not arise? Yes. (b) Or for whom But where the ear faculty will not arise, for him there will the eye faculty not arise? Yes. (A) For whom where the eye faculty will not arise, for him there will the nose faculty not arise? Yes. (B) Or for whom then where the nose faculty will not arise, for him there will the eye faculty not arise? For those in the Form Realm, for them there the nose faculty will not arise, but for them there the eye faculty will arise. In the five-constituent existence, for those in their last existence, for non-percipient beings, for formless beings, for them there the nose faculty will not arise, and the eye faculty will not arise. (A) For whom where the eye faculty will not arise, for him there will the female faculty not arise? Yes. (B) Or for whom then where the female faculty will not arise, for him there will the eye faculty not arise? For those in the Form Realm, and those men who, by this very existence, having shown a few existences, will attain final Nibbāna, for them there the female faculty will not arise, but for them there the eye faculty will arise. In the five-constituent existence, for those in their last existence, for non-percipient beings, for formless beings, for them there the female faculty will not arise, and the eye faculty will not arise. (A) For whom where the eye faculty will not arise, for him there will the male faculty not arise? Yes. (B) Or for whom then where the male faculty will not arise, for him there will the eye faculty not arise? For those in the Form Realm, and those women who, by this very existence, having shown a few existences, will attain final Nibbāna, for them there the male faculty will not arise, but for them there the eye faculty will arise. In the five-constituent existence, for those in their last existence, for non-percipient beings, for formless beings, for them there the male faculty will not arise, and the eye faculty will not arise. (A) For whom where the eye faculty... If this will not arise, will the life faculty not arise for him there? For non-percipient beings, for formless beings, for them there the eye faculty will not arise, but for them there the life faculty will arise. For those in their last existence, for them there the eye faculty will not arise, and the life faculty will not arise. Or again, for whom, where the life faculty will not arise, will the eye faculty not arise for him there? Yes. For whom, where the eye faculty will not arise, will the faculty of joy not arise for him there? Yes.