Tattha yathā allacammapariyonaddhāya peḷāya na allacammaṃ jānāti "mayā peḷā pariyonaddhā"ti, napi peḷā jānāti "ahaṃ allacammena pariyonaddhā"ti; evameva na taco jānāti "mayā idaṃ cātumahābhūtikaṃ sarīraṃ onaddha"nti, napi idaṃ cātumahābhūtikaṃ sarīraṃ jānāti "ahaṃ tacena onaddha"nti.
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And herein, just as when a box is covered with moist hide, the moist hide does not know “ A box is covered by me ” nor does the box know I am covered by moist hide ”, so too, the skin does not know This physical frame consisting of the four great entities [of hardness, cohesion, temperature, and motion] is enveloped by me nor does this physical frame consisting of the four great entities know I am enveloped by skin ” ;
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