Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c36.s3.19

v2.c36.s3.19

Some schools like the Andhakas, Mahāsaṅghīkas, Mahīśāsakas point out that *rūpa* exists in arūpyadhātu but in a very subtle state. The contention of the Vibhajyavādins is possibly the same as that of the Tāmraparṇīyas¹ (*Kośa*. i. 39) who state that *mano-dhātu* is a material organ, which they call *hadaya-vatthu* (see *Visuddhimagga*, p. 447). This basis of the *mano-dhātu*, which is material, exists in the Arūpyadhātu.