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A Buddhist Manual of Psychological Ethics of the Fourth Century B.C - Caroline A. F. Rhys Davids, 1900 - Complete Book

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) external and belonging to the Great Phenomena ? The sphere of the tangible and the fluid element.^ (iii.) external and not one of the Great Phenomena 1 The spheres of the [other four kinds of sense-objects]^ . . . and bodily nutriment. [763-765] What is that form which is (i.) personal and not intimation ? The spheres of the five senses. (ii.) external and intimation ? Bodily and vocal intimation.'' ^ See p. 175, n. 2, and p. 183, n. 1. 2 For sappatigham read appatigham. 3 This term is substituted as a convenient abbreviation for the indriyas of both sexes. Cf. § 596. * Supply as before from § 596. ° See § 647 et seq. ^ Actually ' of visible form . . .' See note 1. 7 See §§ 636, 637. 223 (iii.) external and not intimation ? The spheres of the five kinds of sense-objects . . . and bodily nutriment. [766-768] What is that form which is (i.) personal and sprung from thought ?^ The spheres of the five senses. (ii.) external and sprung from thought? Bodily and vocal intimation, or whatever other form exists which is born of thought, caused by thought, etc. [continue as in § 667]. (iii.) external and not sprung from thought ? Sex and vitality, the decay and impermanence of form, or whatever other form exists which is not born of thought, caused by thought, etc. [continue as in § 668]. [769-771] What is that form which is (i.) perso7ial and does not come into being together zvith a thought .^ The spheres of the five senses. (ii.) external and comes into being together ivith a thought ? Bodily and vocal intimation. (iii.) external and does not come into being, etc, ? The spheres of the five kinds of sense-objects . . . and bodily nutriment. [772-774] What is that form which is (i.) personal and not consecutive to a thought ? (ii.) external and consecutive to a thought ? (iii.) external and not consecutive to a thought ? The answers are identical with those in the preceding triplet, taken in order. [775-777] What is that form which is (i.) personal and gross P The spheres of the five senses. 1 See § 667 et seq. ^ See § 675 et seq. 224 (ii.) external and gross ? The spheres of the five kinds of sense-objects. (iii.) external and subtle .^ Sex . . . and bodily nutriment. [778-780] What is that form which is {i.) personal and near ?^ The spheres of the five senses. (ii.) external and remote ? Sex . . . and bodily nutriment. (iii.) external and near ? The spheres of the five kinds of sense-objects. [781-783] What is that form which is (i.) external and not the basis of visual contact?^ The spheres of the five kinds of sense-objects . . . and bodily nutriment. (ii.) i^ersonal and the basis of visual contact ^ The sphere of vision. (iii.) personal and not the basis of visual contact ? The sphere of the other four senses. [784-786] What is that form which is (i.) external and not a basis of the feeling . . . the perception . . . the thinking ... the visual cognition that is born of visual contact ? (ii.) personal and a basis of the feeling^ . . , the visual cognition that is born of visual contact ? (iii.) 2^^'^sonal and not a basis of the feeling . . . the visual cognition that is born of visual contact ? Answers identical with those in the preceding triplet. 1 See § 677 et seq. 2 g^^ § 579 ^^ ^^^^ ^ Concerning the lacunae in this and the following sen- tences on ' basis,' cf § 681 et seq. and notes. 225 [787-789] What is that form which is (i.) external and not a basis of auditory . . . olfactory . . . gustatory . . . bodily contact ? The spheres of the five kinds of sense objects . . . and bodily nutriment. (ii.) personal and a basis of . . , bodily contact ? The spheres of the other four senses respectively. (iii.) personal and not a basis of . . . bodily contact '} The sphere of . . . vision, hearing, smell, taste. [790-792] What is that form which is (i.) external and not a basis of the feeling . . . the perception . . . the thinking . . . the , . , cognition of body that is born of , . . bodily contact ! (ii.) personal and a basis of . . . the cognition of body that is born of bodily contact ? (iii.) personal and not a basis of . . . the cognition of body that is born of bodily contact '} Answers identical with those in the preceding triplet taken in order, [793-795] What is that form which is (i.) personal and not the object apprehended on occasion of visual contact ? The spheres of the five senses. (ii.) external and the object apprehended on occasion of visual contact ? The sphere of visible form. (iii.) external and not the object apprehended on occasion of visual contact ? The spheres of the other four kinds of sense-objects . . . and bodily nutriment. 15 226 [796-798] What is that form which is (i.) personal and not the object of the feeling . . . the perception . . . the thinki}tg . . . the visual cognition tliat is horn of visual contact ? (ii.) external and the object of . . . visual cognition ? (iii.) external and not the object of , . , . visual cogni- tion ? Answers identical with those in the preceding triplet, taken in order. [799-801] What is that^orm which is (i.) personal and not the object apprehended on occa- sion of auditory . . . olfactory ... gustatory ... bodily contact 1 The spheres of the five senses. (ii.) external and the object apprehended on occasion of . . . bodily contact ? The sphere of the tangible. (iii.) external and not the object apprehended on occasion of , . . bodily contact 'I The spheres of the five kinds of sense-objects . . . and bodily nutriment. [802-804] What is that form which is (i.) personal and not the object of the feeling . . . the perception . . . the thinking . . . the . . . cognition of body that is born of . , . bodily contact '!^ The spheres of the five senses. 227 (ii.) external and the object of the , . . cognition of body that is born of bodily contact ? The sphere of . . . the tangible. (iii.) external and not the object of the . . . cognition of body that is born, etc. The spheres of the other four kinds of sense-objects . . . and bodily nutriment. [805-807] What is that form which is (i.) external and not the sphere of vision ? The spheres of the five kinds of sense-objects . . . and bodily nutriment. (ii.) personal and the sphere of vision ? The eye, that is to say the sentient organ which is derived from the four Great Phenomena . . . this that is * an empty village ' — this, etc.^ (iii.) 'personal and not the sphere of vision ? The spheres of the other four senses. [808-810] What is that form which is (i.) external and not the sphere of hearing, smell, taste, or body -sensibility ! The spheres of the five kinds of sense-objects . . . and bodily nutriment. (ii.) personal and the sphei^e of . . , body -sensibility 1 The body, that is to say the sentient organ, which is derived from the Great Phenomena . . . this that is * an empty village ' — this, etc. (iii.) personal and not the sphere of . . , body-sensibility ? The spheres of the other four senses. [811-813] What is that form which is (i.) personal and not the sphere of visible fonn ? The spheres of the five senses. ^ For this and similar answers in following triplets see § 597 et seq. 15—2 228 (ii.) external and the sphere of visible form ? That form which, derived from the four Great Pheno- mena, is visible under the appearance of colour . . . this that is the element of visible form — this, etc.^ (iii.) external and not the sphere of visible form ? The spheres of the other four kinds of sense-objects . . . and bodily nutriment. [814-816] What is that form which is (i.) personal and not the sphere of sound, or of odour, or of taste, or of the tangible 1 The spheres of the five senses. (ii.) external and the sphere of . . , the tangible ? The earthy (solid) element, etc. . . . this that is the constituent element of the tangible — this, etc.^ (iii.) external and not the sphere of . . , the tangible ? The spheres of the other four kinds of sense-objects . . . and bodily nutriment. [817-819] What is that form which is (i.) external and not the element of vision ? The spheres of the five kinds of sense-objects . . . and bodily nutriment. (ii.) personal and the element of vision ? The sphere of vision. (iii.) personal and not the element of vision ? The other four senses.