Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c35.s3.t5.79

v2.c35.s3.t5.79

Regarding the third opinion, Mr. Masuda on the basis of 'Shu-chi says that of the twelve members of the causal law, four, viz., *nāmarūpa*, *ṣaḍāyatana*, *phassa* and *vedanā*—(or, according to another interpretation, only *vedanā*) remain active in the case of arhats, the other members, i.e., *avijjā*, *saṃkhārā*, *taṇhā*, *upādāna*, *bhava*, *jāti*, and *jarā-maraṇa* becoming ineffective. The Chinese interpretation can be accepted, only if "vedanā" is limited to "adukkha-asukha-vedanā" for an arhat is *chalupekkho*² (endowed with indifference in respect of the six indriyas)' i.e. the organs of sense come into contact with the respective objects but produce neither good nor bad feeling.