Viyahapannatti 18.6.741

18.6.741

"Venerable Sir, how many colours, up to: how many touches is an ultimate atom pudgala declared to have?"
"Gautama! It is declared to have one colour, one smell, one taste, and two touches."
"Venerable Sir, how many colours, up to: how many touches is a two-space-point aggregate declared to have?"
"Gautama! It may have one colour, or it may have two colours; it may have one smell, or it may have two smells; it may have one taste, or it may have two tastes; it may have two touches, or it may have three touches, or it may have four touches."
"Venerable Sir, how many colours, up to: how many touches is a three-space-point aggregate declared to have?"
"Gautama! It may have one colour, or it may have two colours, or it may have three colours; it may have one smell, or it may have two smells; it may have one taste, or it may have two tastes, or it may have three tastes; it may have two touches, or it may have three touches, or it may have four touches."
"Venerable Sir, how many colours, up to: how many touches is a four-space-point aggregate declared to have?"
"Gautama! It may have one colour, or it may have two colours, or it may have three colours, or it may have four colours; it may have one smell, or it may have two smells; it may have one taste, or it may have two tastes, or it may have three tastes, or it may have four tastes; it may have two touches, or it may have three touches, or it may have four touches."
"Venerable Sir, how many colours, up to: how many touches is a five-space-point aggregate declared to have?"
"Gautama! It may have one colour, or it may have two colours, or it may have three colours, or it may have four colours, or it may have five colours; it may have one smell, or it may have two smells; it may have one taste, or it may have two tastes, or it may have three tastes, or it may have four tastes, or it may have five tastes; it may have two touches, or it may have three touches, or it may have four touches. As for the five-space-point aggregate, so likewise up to the aggregate of an innumerable number of space points."
"Venerable Sir, how many colours, up to: how many touches is a transformational subtle aggregate of an infinite number of space points declared to have?" "Just as the five-space-point aggregate, exactly in the same way, completely."
"Venerable Sir, how many colours, up to: how many touches is a transformational gross aggregate of an infinite number of space points declared to have?"
"Gautama! It may have one colour, up to: it may have five colours; it may have one smell, or it may have two smells; it may have one taste, up to: it may have five tastes; it may have four touches, up to: it may have eight touches."
"That is so, Venerable Sir! That is so, Venerable Sir!" [said Gautama].