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sense-object and the cakkhu-pasàda (mind-door) will dissolve
together at the end of 17 conscious-moments after their genesis.
The object is not known at all as no vãthi-cittas arise. Because
these vãthis are deprived of vãthi-cittas, they are known as “moghavàra-vãthis”
(futile cognitive series).
75 Pa¤cadvàra-vãthis
In the process of cognition at the eye-door, there are:
1 one tadarammaõa-vàra vãthi for atimahantà-rammaõa,
2 two javana-vàra vãthis for mahantà-rammaõa,
3 six voññhapana-vàra vãthis for parittà-rammaõa,
4 six mogha-vàra vãthis for atiparittà-rammaõa,
All together there are 15 vãthis at the eye-door. Similarly,
there are 15 vãthis each at the ear-door, at the nose-door, at the
tongue-door and at the body-door. Thus the total number of
pa¤ca-dvàra-vãthis at the five doors is 15 x 5 = 75.
In writing the vãthi-forms and explaining the forms for the
ear-door, sota-vi¤¤àõa (So) should be inserted in place of cakkhuvi¤¤àõa,
and ‘sound’ and ‘sota-pasàda’ should replace ‘visibleobject’
and ‘cakkhu-pasàda’, respectively. Similar proper changes
should be made for the remaining three doors.
The Simile of a Mango-fruit
The atimahantà-rammaõa may be compared with the falling of a
mango-fruit. Suppose a weary traveler is asleep at the foot of a
mango-tree. This state of being asleep is analogous to the quiet
flow of life-continuum in atimahantà-rammaõa.
Now a ripe mango-fruit drops to the ground near the
traveler. This event is similar to the striking of a visible object of
very great intensity at the eye-door.