Dighanikaya 2.213

2.213

Indriyesu guttadvārabhājanīye cakkhunā rūpanti ayaṃ cakkhusaddo katthaci buddhacakkhumhi vattati, yathāha – ‘‘buddhacakkhunā lokaṃ volokesī’’ti (mahāva. 9). Katthaci sabbaññutaññāṇasaṅkhāte samantacakkhumhi, yathāha – ‘‘tathūpamaṃ dhammamayaṃ, sumedha, pāsādamāruyha samantacakkhū’’ti (mahāva. 8). Katthaci dhammacakkhumhi ‘‘virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dhammacakkhuṃ udapādī’’ti (mahāva. 16) hi ettha ariyamaggattayapaññā. ‘‘Cakkhuṃ udapādi ñāṇaṃ udapādī’’ti (mahāva. 15) ettha pubbenivāsādiñāṇaṃ paññācakkhūti vuccati. ‘‘Dibbena cakkhunā’’ti (ma. ni. 1.284) āgataṭṭhānesu dibbacakkhumhi vattati. ‘‘Cakkhuñca paṭicca rūpe cā’’ti ettha pasādacakkhumhi vattati. Idha panāyaṃ pasādacakkhuvohārena cakkhuviññāṇe vattati, tasmā cakkhuviññāṇena rūpaṃ disvāti ayametthattho. Sesapadesu yaṃ vattabbaṃ siyā, taṃ sabbaṃ visuddhimagge vuttaṃ. Abyāsekasukhanti kilesabyāsekavirahitattā abyāsekaṃ asammissaṃ parisuddhaṃ adhicittasukhaṃ paṭisaṃvedetīti.

In the section on guarding the doors of the faculties, "a form with the eye": here, this word "eye" refers in some places to the Buddha-eye, as he said: "He surveyed the world with the Buddha-eye" (Mahāva. 9). In some places, it refers to the all-seeing eye, which is called omniscience, as he said: "Just so, O Sumedha, having ascended the palace made of Dhamma, all-seeing one" (Mahāva. 8). In some places, it refers to the Dhamma-eye: for in "The dustless, stainless Dhamma-eye arose" (Mahāva. 16), the wisdom of the three noble paths is meant. In "The eye arose, knowledge arose" (Mahāva. 15), the knowledge of recollecting past lives and so forth is called the wisdom-eye. In passages where it occurs as "with the divine eye" (M. i. 284), it refers to the divine eye. In "Dependent on the eye and forms," it refers to the eye of sentient matter. But here, by designation of the eye of sentient matter, it refers to eye-consciousness; therefore the meaning here is: "having seen a form with eye-consciousness." Whatever should be said on the remaining terms has all been stated in the Path of Purification. "Unblemished happiness": because it is devoid of the blemish of the defilements, he experiences the happiness of higher mind which is unblemished, unmixed, and entirely pure.