Overview
This Dyad asks a profound epistemological question: Can everything in existence be known by consciousness? The Abhidhamma unequivocally answers yes. There is no reality hidden outside the potential range of awareness.
The List
- Kenaci viññeyyā dhammā - States cognizable by a certain consciousness: Every single phenomenon in the universe. Whether it is past, future, present, internal, external, physical, mental, or Nibbāna, there exists a type of consciousness (particularly the omniscience of a Buddha or the path-consciousness) capable of taking it as an object.
- Kenaci na viññeyyā dhammā - States not cognizable by any consciousness: This category is mathematically empty. There is absolutely nothing in reality that is inherently unknowable.
Textual References
- Abhidhamma: Dhammasaṅgaṇī (Duka) – An essential philosophical baseline establishing that ultimate truth is accessible to the awakened mind.