Cakkhuviññāṇa: is it always vipaka?

[RobertK]

Some more on vipaka

Sivaka sutta (SN 36:21) and Vipaka ( regarding anittha, ittha)

A friend wrote to me: I’m reading through Nina van Gorkoms “Abhidhamma in Daily Life”, and I wonder if you could help with these two questions which have arisen for me. NvG says (p.7) “…when someone speaks unpleasant words to us, the moment of experiencing the sound (hearing- consciousness) is akusala vipāka, the result of an unwholesome deed we performed ourselves.” Is this always so, or is the above just an example? Is it always the case that experiencing a sound (or maybe a sound whic…