Dear Yong Peng,

op 25-04-2003 12:52 schreef Ong Yong Peng op ypong001@...:

> N: and where what is munched, drunk, eaten and tasted passes out of
> the body lower down.
>
> Y: hence -- and whereby (food) being tasted, chewed, drunk and eaten
> passes out of the body lower down,

N: Yes, it should be whereby. ...

>> adhobhaaga.m (m.) the lower part (of body).
>
>> agha.m aghagata.m, vivara.m vivaragata.m, asamphu.t.tha.m,
> ma.msalohitehi, upaadinna.m -
> N: (which is)sky, belonging to sky, an opening, hollow, untouched by
> flesh and blood (in the body), clung to.
>
> Y: what about 'open' or 'clear' (as in not closed/blocked) to
> describe the characteristic of sky?

N: Perhaps too free? I quote now from First Book Abhidhamma, Dhammasangani:
That which is apce and belongs to space, is sky and belongs to sky,is vacuum
and belongs to vacuum, and is not in contact with the four Great
Phenomena....

>
> Y: hence -- sky, open, an opening, hollow, untouched by flesh and
> blood (in the body), clung to.

N: instead of open: do you like: vacuum, or; belonging to sky, or empty,
void?
Nina.