Path of Freedom [Vimuttimagga]

242 VimuttimaggaQ. What is the eye-decad? A. The four elements of eye-sentience areits basis. And again, it consists of the four primaries, form, odour, flavour,contact, 1 life-principle and the sentient eye. This decad is produced togetherand does not separate. This is called "group" and this is called the eye-decad.The arising of this is birth; its maturing is called decay; its destruction iscalled impermanency; what delimits it is called space-element; these four andthe group arise together. When the eye-decad decays, it produces a seconddecad; these two kinds of decads should be known as "group". Comingafter is called succession. These six states arise together. When decay setsin, the second eye-decad produces a third decad. These, the second andthe third eye-decads are called "group". Coming after is called succession.The first decad is scattered, the second decad decays, the third decad arises.These occur in one moment. Thus the eye-decad arises. None can discernthe interval. So quick it is that by worldly knowledge it cannot be known.There is a yogin. He sees the succession of the eye. It is like a flowingstream. It is like the flame of a lamp. 2 Thus should the eye-decad beknown. In the same way one should know the ear-decad, the nose-decad, thetongue-decad, the body-decad, femininity-decad, masculinity-decad, lifeprinciple-enneadat length.Q. What are the nine consciousness-born groups? A. Bare-octad,bare-body-intimation-ennead, bare-speech-intimation-heptad, bare-buoyancyennead,buoyancy-body-intimation-decad, buoyancy-speech-intimation-undecad,bare-eye-ennead, eye-body-intimation-decad, eye-speech-intimationundecad.Q. What is the consciousness-born-bare-octad? A. The four elementsand visible object, odour, flavour and contact which depend on the elements.These eight are named the bare-octad.The arising of these is birth; the maturing of these is decay; destructionof these is impermanency; what delimits these is space-element; these fourstates arise in them. At the time of their destruction, this bare octad setsgoing a second bare-octad together with the second consciousness. Destructionof the first bare (-octad) and the arising of the second bare (-octad) occur in amoment.*In the same way, the bare-buoyancy-nonary and the bare-eye-ennead(should be understood). These six groups 3 are not destroyed in the first andnot produced in the second, do not occur in one instant, because no two intimationscan take place in one conscious track. The rest should be knownin the way it was fully taught before.1. Oja according to abhms.2. Abhms. Ch. VI, 10: Catu-samutthana-rupa-kaldpa-santati kdmaloke dipa-jdld viya nadiso to viya.* This line is unintelligible.3. Bare-body-intimation, bare-speech-intimation, buoyancy-body-intimation, buoyancyspeech-intimation,eye-body-intimation, eye-speech-intimation.