Viyahapannatti 17.1.697

17.1.697

"How many bodies, Venerable Sir, are declared?"
"Gautama, five bodies are declared, namely: gross up to karmic."
"How many sense organs, Venerable Sir, are declared?"
"Gautama, five sense organs are declared, namely: the auditory sense organ up to the tactile sense organ."
"Of how many kinds, Venerable Sir, is activity declared?"
"Gautama, activity is declared to be of three kinds, namely: mental activity, vocal activity, and physical activity."
"Venerable Sir, how many actions does a soul incur while producing a gross body?"
"Gautama, it may incur three actions, it may incur four actions, it may incur five actions. Likewise for an earth-bodied being too. Likewise up to a human being."
"Venerable Sir, how many actions do souls incur while producing a gross body?"
"Gautama, they incur three actions, also four actions, also five actions. Likewise for earth-bodied beings too. Likewise up to human beings. In this way, with the transformable body also there are two sets, with the distinction: for one who possesses a transformable [body]. Likewise up to the karmic body. Likewise the auditory sense organ up to the tactile sense organ. Likewise mental activity, vocal activity, and physical activity—whatever belongs to whom should be stated. These make twenty-six sets in terms of singularity and plurality."