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The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies v7.c36: Book Two: Matter

The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies v7.c36

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Book Two: Matter

Chapter One: Introduction

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(II.1) (E147; T153–154) The neutral factors are good and bad, the maturations (of karma) occurring in the sensuous realm, the material realm, the immaterial realm, or in the unincluded realm beyond these in connection with the aggregates of feeling, identification, conditioning and consciousness; also those inoperative factors which are neither good nor bad nor the result of karma; also all matter, and also the unconditioned element.

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The present Book provides a classification under headings of matter.

Chapter Two: Classification According to Single Concepts

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(II.2) (E147; T155–157) Matter is not morally causative or associated with a moral cause, but causally related, conditioned; it is worldly, an intoxicant of bondage and defilements, perverse, favorable to grasping, neutral, without supporting object or mentality, amoral, without joy, satisfaction or equanimity, not the kind of thing that can be destroyed by insight or by discipline, not contributing to the karmic accumulations, belonging to the realm of sense but not to the material nor to the immaterial realm, nor to the unincluded realm, not involving regularity (of karmic results?), present (in time), the contents of the six types of awareness, noneternal.

Chapter Three: Classification by Pairs (of Attributes)

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(II.3.1) (E160–176; T158–184) Derived vs. nonderived matter. Derived matter includes:

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(1) the visual sense, a sentient organ, invisible and responsive, by which one sees matter that is visible and responsive; it is derived from the four great elements and reacts to them; it is that on dependence on which feelings, identifications, volitions and visual consciousness arise.

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(2) the auditory sense..

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(3) the olfactory sense...

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(4) the gustatory sense...

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(5) the bodily sense (i.e. touch)...

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(2) to (5) are treated in parallel fashion to (1)

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(6) the sense of material form, which comprehends colors and shapes, is derived from the four great elements, reacts with them, and is that on dependence on which feelings, identifications, volitions and visual consciousness arise.
(7) the sense of sound...
(8) the sense of smell...
(9) the sense of taste...
(7) to (9) are treated in parallel fashion to (6).
(10) the female-faculty, the characteristics distinguishing the female, including appearance, occupation, deportment.
(11) the male-faculty, the characteristics distinguishing the male, including appearance, occupation, deportment.
(12) the life-faculty, the maintenance of life.
(13) bodily manifestations, the way in which a person moves in indicating his awareness, his intentions, etc.
(14) linguistic manifestations, by which one likewise indicates his awareness, etc.
(15) the element of space, which is found in the sky and in a vacuum, is not in contact with the four great elements.
(16) lightness of material form, its capacity for changing easily.
(17) pliancy of material form, its softness and smoothness.
(18) the adaptability of material form, a thing's capacity for being worked up.
(19) the growth of material form, through accumulation.
(20) the maintenance of growth of material form.
(21) the decay of material form, as it (i.e. we) grow(s) old.
(22) noneternality of material form, its destruction.
(23) solid food, by which living beings are kept alive. Nonderived matter is classified as (24) tangible sense-basis or (25) fluid element.

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(II.3.2) (E176-190; T185-201) Grasped at vs. not grasped at. (1)-(5), (10)-(12) or whatever form that results from karmic maturation of (6)-(9), (24), (15), (25), (19) and (23) are grasped at. Not grasped at are (7), (13)-(14), (16)-(18), (21)-(22), or whatever material form sort which does not result from karmic maturation in the areas of (1)-(3), (24), (15), (25), (19) and (23).

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(II.3.3) Both grasped at and favorable to grasping vs. not grasped at but favorable to grasping. Satisfying the first description are the group described as 'grasped at' under II.3.2. Satisfying the second description are the rest.

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(II.3.4) Visible (6) vs. invisible (all the rest).

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(II.3.5) Responsive (or reactive) ((1)-(9), (24)) vs. nonresponsive (the rest excluding (25)).

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(II.3.6) Faculties ((1)-(5), (10)-(12)) vs. what are not faculties (6)-(23).

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(II.3.7) Great elements include (24) and (25); all the rest are not.

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(II.3.8) Language includes (13) and (14); the rest are not.

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(II.3.9) Arising from awareness are (13)–(14) and whatever is caused to arise through mental activity in the areas of (6)–(9), (24), (15), (25), (16), (23). The rest are not.

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(II.3.10) Coming to be along with awareness includes the same set as under ‘arising from awareness’ in II.3.9; the rest do not come to be along with awareness.

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(II.3.11) Likewise with the material form which follows upon awareness.

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(II.3.12) Confined to persons are (1)–(5); the rest are found outside of persons.

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(II.3.13) Gross includes (1)–(9) and (24), while subtle includes the rest exclusive of (25).

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(II.3.14) Hard (to be aware of) are all those other than (1)–(9) and (24), which are patent to awareness.

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(II.3.15) Matter which is the actual basis of visual contact is (1). The rest are not.

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(II.3.16) (1) is the actual basis of feeling, identification, volition and awareness born of visual contact. The rest are not.

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(II.3.17) Likewise (2) is the actual basis of auditory contact, and so forth for olfactory, gustatory and tangible contacts, with the contrast as before.

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(II.3.18) Similarly for feeling, etc., following II.3.16 in the natural progression.

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(II.3.19) (6) is the content of visual awareness, and the rest aren’t.

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(II.3.20) Similarly for the other four aggregates, parallel to II.3.16.

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(II.3.21) Likewise (7) is the content of auditory awareness, etc., parallel to II.3.17.

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(II.3.22) Parallel to II.3.18.

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(II.3.23-26) The senses (i.e. (1)–(9) and (24)) are contrasted with what are not senses.

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(II.3.27-30) The elements ((1)–(5)) are contrasted with what are not elements.

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(II.3.31-35) The faculties (1)–(5), (10)–(12) are contrasted with what are not faculties.

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(II.3.36-37) The kinds of ‘language’ are contrasted with the rest.

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(II.3.38) Space is contrasted with the rest.

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(II.3.39) The fluid element is contrasted with the rest.

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(II.3.40-47) The remaining items viz., (16)–(23), are contrasted with the others.

Chapter Four: Classification by Triples

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(II.4) (E191–210; T202–213) The 47 pairs of Chapter 2 preceding are now grouped into triples. Since the material is the same we here give only the method of classification in illustration. The first triplet is three possible permutations of (12) confined to persons and (1) derived. Thus the triplet is (a) confined to persons and derived, (b) not confined to persons, (c) not confined to persons and not derived. The twenty-five forms of matter are classified into (a)–(c). The second triplet arises from the pair (12) confined to persons and (2) grasped at, generating three possibilities. The pattern is as follows: given the ordered pair x/y, generate three possibilities (a) x and y, (b) not x and y, (c) not x and not y.

Chapter Five: Classification by Quadruples

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(II.5) (E211–224; T214–221) The pair is this time allowed to generate all four combinations: thus given x/y, one gets (a) x and y, (b) not x and not y, (c) not x and y, (d) not x and not y. The substituents for x/y listed and permuted are: (1)/(2), (1)/(3), (1)/(5), (1)/(13), (1)/(14), (2)/(4), (2)/(5), (2)/(7), (2)/(13), (2)/(14), (3)/(4), (3)/(5), (3)/(7), (3)/(13), (3)/(14), (5)/(6), (5)/(7), (6)/(13), (6)/(14), (7)/(13), (7)/(14).

Chapter Six: Classification by Fives

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(II.6) (E224–225; T222–223) The earth element, water (i.e. the fluid element), the fire element, the air element, and the derived, i.e., all the rest of the 25 forms of matter, make up the fivefold classification.

Chapter Seven: Classification into Six

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(II.7) (E225; T224) The six are (6), (7), (8), (9), (24), each cognizable by a sense-organ, and the rest, which are cognizable by the mind.

Chapter Eight: Classification into Seven

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(II.8) (E225; T225) This comprises the sense of types (6)–(9) and (24), plus the representative conception of those five senses, plus the conception of all the rest of the material forms.

Chapter Nine: Classification into Eight

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(II.9) (E226; T226) These are the senses of (6)–(9), two varieties of bodily contact—pleasant and unpleasant—plus conceptions of those, plus conceptions of all the rest.

Chapter Ten: Classification into Nine

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(II.10) (E226; T227) These are (1)–(5), (10)–(12)—i.e. the faculties—plus everything else, which are not faculties.

Chapter Eleven: Classification into Ten

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(II.11) (E226–227; T228) The first eight of II.10, plus what is not a faculty but responsive, viz., (6)–(9) and (24), plus what is not a faculty and not responsive, viz., all the rest.

Chapter Twelve: Classification into Eleven

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(II.12) (E227–228; T229) (1)–(9), (24), and everything else, described as what are invisible, nonresponsive, and objects of conceptual awareness.