(iii.) personal and not the element of . . . body-sensibility? The spheres of the other four senses. [823-825] What is that form which is (i.) personal and not the element of visible form? The spheres of the five senses. (ii.) external and the element of visible form? The sphere of visible forms. (iii.) external and not the element of visible form? The spheres of the other four kinds of sense-objects. and bodily nutriment. [826-828] What is that form which is (i.) personal and not the element of sound, odour, taste or the tangible? The spheres of the five senses. (ii.) external and the element of... the tangible? The sphere of the tangible. (iii.) external and not the element of... the tangible? The spheres of the five kinds of sense-objects . . . and bodily nutriment. [829-831] What is that form which is (i.) external and not the faculty of vision? The spheres of the five kinds of sense-objects . . . and bodily nutriment. (ii.) personal and the faculty of vision? The sphere of vision. (iii.) personal and not the faculty of vision? The spheres of the other four senses. [832-834] What is that form which is (i.) external and not the faculty of hearing, smell, taste, or body-sensibility? The spheres of the five kinds of sense-objects . . . and bodily nutriment. (ii.) personal and the faculty of. . . body-sensibility ? The body, that is to say the sentient organ which is derived from the four Great Phenomena 'an empty village '-this, etc. this that is (iii.) personal and not the faculty of... body-sensibility? The spheres of the other four senses. [835-837] What is that form which is (i.) personal and not the potentiality of femininity? The spheres of the five senses. (ii.) external and femininity? That which is of the female, female in appearance, etc. [continue as in § 633]. (iii.) external and not femininity? The spheres of the five kinds of sense-objects . . . bodily nutriment. [838-840] What is that form which is and (i.) personal and not the potentiality of masculinity? etc. The questions and answers in this triplet are exactly analogous with those in the foregoing, § 634 constituting the answer to (ii.). [841-843] This triplet is on 'vitality,' and is also exactly analogous with that on 'femininity,' § 635 being substituted in (ii.). [844-846] What is that form which is (i.) personal and not bodily intimation? The spheres of the five senses. (ii.) external and bodily intimation? That tension, intension, tense state of the body, etc. [continue as in § 636]. (iii.) external and not bodily intimation? The spheres of the five kinds of sense-objects bodily nutriment. [847-849] This triplet is on vocal intimation,' and similar to the foregoing, § 637 being quoted as the answer to the second question. [850-876] Here follow ten triplets on the presence or absence, in form that is personal or external, of the ten following attributes-identical with those ending the categories according to Pairs (§§ 722-741). the element of space, the element of fluidity, the lightness of form, the plasticity of form, the wieldiness of form, the integration of form, the impermanence of form, Questions and answers in each of these triplets are identical with those in the triplet last set out on bodily intimation' (§§ 844-846), the only varying elements being the specific kind of form inquired into and its definition in the second answer of each triplet. Thus the schema of the questions is Such are the Categories of Form under Threefold Aspects. [End of] the Exposition of Triplets. 1 There are several omissions in the printed text, breaking into the symmetry of the triplets, viz.: question and answer (iii) on ākāsadhātu (following § 851); question and answer (iii.) on rupassa upacayo (following § 865); question and answer (i.) on rupassa santati (following $865). These, if duly inserted, would bring the number of questions (and answers) at the end of this chapter up to 879, instead of 876. Had the triplets been grouped as such, the omissions would not have been possible. [CHAPTER IV. Categories of Form under Fourfold Aspects.]1 [Derivation-Work of Karma.] [877-880] What is that form which is (i.) derived and the issue of grasping? The spheres of the five senses; the potentialities of sex and vitality, or whatever other form exists through karma having been wrought, whether it be in the sphere of visible forms, odours, or tastes, the element of space, the integration or subsistence of form, or bodily nutriment. (ii.) derived and not the issue of grasping? The sphere of sounds, bodily and vocal intimation, the lightness, plasticity, and wieldiness of form, or whatever other form exists which is not due to karma having been 1 The logical method in this division is familiar enough, namely (where capitals represent positive, and uncials, negative terms), AB, Ab, aB, ab. The former term in the pair combined is, with its negative, a relative constant, there being a series of only six, namely, the concept of form as derived, as the product of karma, as that which breeds karma (literally, is karma-ish or karm-ous), as impressing the senses, as faculty, and as one of the elements (i.e., the opposite of derived, conceived positively). The latter five of these six are in turn used as the relatively variable term, with the addition of three others: the concept of form with respect to grossness or delicacy, to distance, and to visibility. 2 On sound and karma, see p. 201, n. 4. wrought, whether it be in the spheres of visible forms, odours, or tastes, the element of space, the integration or subsistence of form, or bodily nutriment. (iii.) underived and the issue of grasping? [Form] due to karma having been wrought, which is in the sphere of the tangible and the fluid element. (iv.) underived and not the issue of grasping? [Form] not due to karma having been wrought, which is in the sphere of the tangible and the fluid element. [Derivation--Production of Karma.] [881-884] What is that form which is (i.) derived and both the issue of grasping and favourable to it? (ii.) derived and not the issue of grasping but favourable to it ?1 (iii.) underived and both the issue of grasping and favourable to it? (iv.) underived and not the issue of grasping but favourable to it ?2 The four answers are respectively identical with those in the preceding group. [Derivation-Impact.] [885-888] What is that form which is (i.) derived and impingeing? The spheres of the five senses, and of visible form, sound, odour and taste. (ii.) derived and non-impingeing? Sex. . . and bodily nutriment. (iii.) underived and impingeing? The sphere of the tangible. (iv.) underived and non-impingeing? The fluid element. 1 See § 656, n. 1. 2 Read na before kam massa in the answer. |