Dhammatthavinicchaya (Pāḷi Only)
A collection of classic passages from the Pāḷi texts with teachings about the doctrine, meditation, the factors of awakening, Abhidhamma and the Buddha.
A collection of classic passages from the Pāḷi texts with teachings about the doctrine, meditation, the factors of awakening, Abhidhamma and the Buddha.
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Dhammatthā – 19<br />
5. Cha Dhātuyo<br />
from MN 140, Dhātuvibhaṅgasuttaṁ<br />
Chayimā, bhikkhu, dhātuyo:<br />
1. Pathavīdhātu,<br />
2. āpodhātu,<br />
3. tejodhātu,<br />
4. vāyodhātu,<br />
5. ākāsadhātu,<br />
6. viññāṇadhātu. 8<br />
1. Katamā ca, bhikkhu, pathavīdhātu?<br />
Pathavīdhātu siyā ajjhattikā, siyā bāhirā.<br />
Katamā ca, bhikkhu, ajjhattikā pathavīdhātu?<br />
Yaṁ ajjhattaṁ, paccattaṁ, kakkhaḷaṁ, kharigataṁ, upādinnaṁ,<br />
seyyathīdaṁ:<br />
{1} Kesā, 9<br />
{2} lomā,<br />
{3} nakhā,<br />
{4} dantā,<br />
{5} taco,<br />
{6} maṁsaṁ,<br />
{7} nahāru,<br />
{8} aṭṭhi,<br />
8 The elements are sometimes listed as just the first four, and in later texts<br />
as the expanded six we find here.<br />
9 The following analysis of the parts of the body is found frequently in the<br />
texts, particularly as a subject for mindfulness (sati) meditation on the<br />
body; see section 15 below. Here the constituents are divided between<br />
those that are principally hard, under the earth element, and those that are<br />
more watery below.
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