[776] [The five training precepts (sikkhāpada)] are not roots (na hetu); they are accompanied by roots (sahetuka); they are associated with roots (hetusampayutta). They cannot be said to be "both roots and accompanied by roots"; they are "accompanied by roots but not roots." They cannot be said to be "both roots and associated with roots"; they are "associated with roots but not roots." They are not roots, yet accompanied by roots.
They have conditions (sappaccaya); they are conditioned (saṅkhata); invisible (anidassana); non-impinging (appaṭigha); immaterial (arūpa); mundane (lokiya); cognizable by some [consciousness] (kenaci viññeyyā), not cognizable by some.
They are not taints (āsava); they are subject to taints (sāsava); they are dissociated from taints (āsavavippayutta). They cannot be said to be "both taints and subject to taints"; they are "subject to taints but not taints." They cannot be said either to be "both taints and associated with taints" or to be "associated with taints but not taints"; they are subject to taints while dissociated from taints.
They are not fetters (saṃyojana) … They are not ties (gantha) … They are not floods (ogha) … They are not bonds (yoga) … They are not hindrances (nīvaraṇa) … They are not misapprehensions (parāmāsa) … They have an object (sārammaṇa); they are not mind (citta); they are mental factors (cetasika); associated with mind; conjoined with mind; originated by mind; co-existent with mind; attendant upon mind; conjoined with and originated by mind; conjoined with, originated by, and co-existent with mind; conjoined with, originated by, and attendant upon mind; external (bāhira); not derived (no upādā); not clung-to (anupādinna).
They are not clingings (upādāna) … They are not defilements (kilesa) … They are not to be abandoned by seeing (dassana); not to be abandoned by development (bhāvanā); not having roots to be abandoned by seeing; not having roots to be abandoned by development. They are with initial application (savitakka), with sustained application (savicāra). They may be with rapture (sappītika), they may be without rapture; they may be accompanied by rapture (pītisahagata), they may not be accompanied by rapture; they may be accompanied by pleasure (sukhasahagata), they may not be accompanied by pleasure; they may be accompanied by equanimity (upekkhāsahagata), they may not be accompanied by equanimity. They are of the sense sphere (kāmāvacara); not of the form sphere (rūpāvacara); not of the formless sphere (arūpāvacara); included [in the round] (pariyāpanna); not leading out [of the round] (aniyyānika); not fixed [in result] (aniyata); surpassable (sa-uttara); without conflict (araṇa).
The Interrogation (Pañhāpucchaka).
The Analysis of the Training Precepts (Sikkhāpadavibhaṅga) is concluded.
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The Analysis of Analytic Insight (Paṭisambhidāvibhaṅga)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.