VaggaPaṭiccasamuppādakathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1085

[1085] S. Is dependent origination (paṭiccasamuppāda) unconditioned (asaṅkhata)? P. Yes. S. Is ignorance (avijjā) unconditioned? P. It should not be said so. … S. Is ignorance conditioned (saṅkhata)? P. Yes. S. Is dependent origination conditioned? P. It should not be said so. … S. Is dependent origination unconditioned? P. Yes. S. Are the volitional formations (saṅkhārā) that have ignorance as condition (avijjāpaccayā) unconditioned? P. It should not be said so. … S. Are the volitional formations that have ignorance as condition conditioned? P. Yes. S. Is dependent origination conditioned? P. It should not be said so. … S. Is dependent origination unconditioned? P. Yes. S. Is the consciousness (viññāṇa) that has volitional formations as condition unconditioned? P. It should not be said so. … S. Is the consciousness that has volitional formations as condition conditioned? P. Yes. S. Is dependent origination conditioned? P. It should not be said so. … S. Is dependent origination unconditioned? P. Yes. S. Is the name-and-form (nāmarūpa) that has consciousness as condition unconditioned? P. It should not be said so. … S. Is the name-and-form that has consciousness as condition conditioned? P. Yes. S. Is dependent origination conditioned? P. It should not be said so. … S. Is dependent origination unconditioned? P. Yes. S. Is the aging-and-death (jarāmaraṇa) that has birth (jāti) as condition unconditioned? P. It should not be said so. … S. Is the aging-and-death that has birth as condition conditioned? P. Yes. S. Is dependent origination conditioned? P. It should not be said so. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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