Paulo:
I sometimes observe a distinct error in Abhidhamma discussions: the reduction of colour to a mere mental factor (cetasika ), rather than acknowledging it as a discrete, objectively existing material form (rūpa ).
Colour is indeed rupa.
Materiality outside the body is produced by temperature and thus independent of any observation. For example when we are asleep the rupas that make up say the TV or refrigerator don’t disappear and then somehow magically reappear after we we wake up and see them.
see here also
Is there a sub forum to discuss the commentaries? Or is this the correct one to discuss them?
Anyway, in A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma, Bhikkhu Bodhi writes:
Where is this stated explicitly in the commentaries (or Abhidhamma, or Visuddhimagga, or any such orthodox work)?
Thanks!
@Zans These are some passages that I could found in Prof. Y. Karunadasa’s book. Some letters might have bit changed since it is a copy-paste. THE THERAVĀDA ABHIDHAMMA Its Inquiry into the Nature of Conditioned Reality Y. KARUNADASA The Nature and Range of Dhammas In the course of this chapter we saw that the Abhidhamma uses a number of terms to describe the basic constituents into which it analyses the world of experience. Among them are dhamma (basic factor of actuality), bhāva (being
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