2.2. Classified and Unclassified (DT2.2)

8 Questions and Answers

Eye base is classified with these states … Tangible Object base is classified with these states; Eye element is classified with these states … Tangible Object element is classified with these states under the same aggregate, but not classified under the same base and under the same element.

Under how many aggregates, under how many bases and under how many elements are those states not classified? They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 8 elements (20).

Eye consciousness element is classified with these states; Ear consciousness element; Nose consciousness element; Tongue consciousness element; Body consciousness element; Mind element; Mind consciousness element is classified with these states under the same aggregate and under the same base, but not classified under the same element. … They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 12 elements (7).

Eye faculty is classified with these states; Ear faculty; Nose faculty; Tongue faculty; Body faculty; Female faculty; Male faculty is classified with these states under the same aggregate, but not classified under the same base and under the same element. … They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 8 elements (7).

Non-percepted becoming is classified with these states; One-aggregate becoming is classified with these states under the same aggregate, but not classified under the same base and under the same element. … They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 3 bases and under 9 elements (2).

Lamentation is classified with these states; States both visible and impinging are classified with these states under the same aggregate, but not classified under the same base and under the same element. … They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 8 elements (2).

States invisible but impinging are classified with these states under the same aggregate, but not classified under the same base and under the same element. … They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 10 bases and under 16 elements (1).

States with visibility are classified with these states under the same aggregate, but not classified under the same base and under the same element. … They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 8 elements (1).

States with impinging are classified with these states; States which are derived are classified with these states under the same aggregate, but not classified under the same base and under the same element.

Under how many aggregates, under how many bases and under how many elements are those states not classified? They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (2).

Ten bases, seventeen elements,
Seven faculties, non-percepted becoming, one-aggregate becoming,
Lamentation, both visible and impinging,
Invisible but impinging, visibility, with impinging, derived states.

Discourse on Elements, The Third Book of the Abhidhamma Piṭaka by U Nārada, Mūla Paṭṭhāna Sayadaw of Rangoon, Burma.

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