Regarding Lotus’s first question:
“1. Bahiddha Viññāṇa corresponds to Rūpa Paṭisaṁvedī and marks the starting phase of Purāna Kamma. I understand that even for an Arahant, Rūpa Paṭisaṁvedī automatically occurs when experiencing a visual object through distorted Kāma Saññā.
However, in the everyday mind of an Arahant or Anāgāmi, which remains in Kāma Dhātu, when sensory input arises, does their mind still proceed to the first stage of contamination, which is the Bahiddha Viññāṇa state, or does it not?”
- I thought I explained in the revised post clearly that the mind of an Arahant or Anāgāmi does not proceed to the bahiddha viññāṇa.