[1135] "Is the aggregate of feeling (vedanākkhandha) co-nascent (sahajāta) with the aggregate of perception (saññākkhandha)?"
"Yes."
"If the aggregate of feeling is co-nascent with the aggregate of perception, then indeed, sir, it must be said that the aggregate of feeling is associated (sampayutta) with the aggregate of perception."
"Is the aggregate of feeling co-nascent with the aggregate of volitional formations (saṅkhārakkhandha), with the aggregate of consciousness (viññāṇakkhandha)?"
"Yes."
"If the aggregate of feeling is co-nascent with the aggregate of consciousness, then indeed, sir, it must be said that the aggregate of feeling is associated with the aggregate of consciousness."
"Are the aggregate of perception, the aggregate of volitional formations, and the aggregate of consciousness co-nascent with the aggregate of feeling, with the aggregate of perception, with the aggregate of volitional formations?"
"Yes."
"If the aggregate of consciousness is co-nascent with the aggregate of volitional formations, then indeed, sir, it must be said that the aggregate of consciousness is associated with the aggregate of volitional formations."
"Just as oil pervades and permeates the sesame seed, and as juice pervades and permeates the sugarcane, even so are those phenomena (dhammā) pervaded and permeated by those phenomena?"
"It should not be said thus. …"
The Discussion of Association (Sampayuttakathā).
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The Discussion of Mental Factors (Cetasikakathā)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.