1On one occasion the Venerable Ānanda was dwelling at Kosambı in Ghosita's Park. Then the householder Ghosita approached the Venerable Ānanda … and said to him: sn.iv.114 "Venerable Ānanda, it is said, ‘diversity of elements, diversity of elements.’ [n.122] Dhātunānatta. See SN14.1–10. For each sense modality there are three elements—sense faculty, object, and consciousness—hence a total of eighteen. In what way, venerable sir, has the diversity of elements been spoken of by the Blessed One?"

"Householder, there exists the eye element, and forms that are agreeable, and eye-consciousness: in dependence on a contact to be experienced as pleasant, a pleasant feeling arises. [n.123] Spk: In dependence on a contact to be experienced as pleasant: that is, a contact associated with eye-consciousness that functions as a condition, by way of decisive support (upanissaya), for a pleasant feeling in the javana phase. The pleasant feeling arises in the javana phase in dependence on a single contact. The same method in the following passages. There exists the eye element, and forms that are disagreeable, and eye-consciousness: in dependence on a contact to be experienced as painful, a painful feeling arises. There exists the eye element, and forms that are a basis for equanimity, and eye-consciousness: in dependence on a contact to be experienced as neither-painful-nor-pleasant, a neither- painful-nor-pleasant feeling arises.

"Householder, there exists the ear element … the nose element … the tongue element … the body element … the mind element, and mental phenomena that are agreeable, and mind-consciousness: in dependence on a contact to be experienced as pleasant, a pleasant feeling arises. There exists the mind element, and mental phenomena that are disagreeable, and mind-consciousness: in dependence on a contact to be experienced as painful, a painful feeling arises. There exists the mind element, and mental phenomena that are a basis for equanimity, and mind-consciousness: in dependence on a contact to be experienced as neither-painful-nor-pleasant, a neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling arises.

"It is in this way, householder, that the diversity of elements has been spoken of by the Blessed One." sn.iv.115

1Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā ānando kosambiyaṁ vihārati ghositārāme. Atha kho ghosito gahapati yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkami … pe … ekamantaṁ nisinno kho ghosito gahapati āyasmantaṁ Ānandaṁ etadavoca: "‘dhātunānattaṁ, dhātunānattan’ti, bhante Ānanda, vuccati. Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, dhātunānattaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā"ti?

"Saṁvijjati kho, gahapati, cakkhudhātu, rūpā ca manāpā, cakkhuviññāṇañca sukhavedaniyaṁ. Phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati sukhā vedanā. Saṁvijjati kho, gahapati, cakkhudhātu, rūpā ca amanāpā, cakkhuviññāṇañca dukkhavedaniyaṁ. Phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dukkhā vedanā. Saṁvijjati kho, gahapati, cakkhudhātu, rūpā ca manāpā upekkhāvedaniyā, cakkhuviññāṇañca adukkhamasukhavedaniyaṁ. Phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati adukkhamasukhā vedanā … pe …

saṁvijjati kho, gahapati, jivhādhātu, rasā ca manāpā, jivhāviññāṇañca sukhavedaniyaṁ. Phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati sukhā vedanā. Saṁvijjati kho, gahapati, jivhādhātu, rasā ca amanāpā, jivhāviññāṇañca dukkhavedaniyaṁ. Phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dukkhā vedanā. Saṁvijjati kho, gahapati, jivhādhātu, rasā ca upekkhāvedaniyā, jivhāviññāṇañca adukkhamasukhavedaniyaṁ. Phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati adukkhamasukhā vedanā … pe … saṁvijjati kho, gahapati, manodhātu, dhammā ca manāpā, manoviññāṇañca sukhavedaniyaṁ. Phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati sukhā vedanā. Saṁvijjati kho, gahapati, manodhātu, dhammā ca amanāpā, manoviññāṇañca dukkhavedaniyaṁ. Phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dukkhā vedanā. Saṁvijjati kho, gahapati, manodhātu, dhammā ca upekkhāvedaniyā, manoviññāṇañca adukkhamasukhavedaniyaṁ. Phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati adukkhamasukhā vedanā.

Ettāvatā kho, gahapati, dhātunānattaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā"ti.

Chaṭṭhaṁ.