Akusaladhaṁnidadesa

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Yamaka (1) · Vol. 38 · Section 10

[10] Whatever phenomena (dhammā) are unwholesome (akusala), are they all unwholesome roots (akusalamūla)? There are only three unwholesome roots; the remaining unwholesome phenomena are not unwholesome roots. Or rather, whatever are unwholesome roots, are all those phenomena unwholesome? Yes (āmantā). Whatever phenomena are unwholesome, are they all one-rooted (ekamūla) with the unwholesome root? That which is unwholesome and rootless (ahetuka) is not one-rooted with the unwholesome root; that which is unwholesome and has roots (sahetuka) is one-rooted with the unwholesome root. Or rather, whatever are one-rooted with the unwholesome root, are all those phenomena unwholesome? Form (rūpa) originated by the unwholesome (akusalasamuṭṭhāna) is one-rooted with the unwholesome root but is not unwholesome; the unwholesome is both one-rooted with the unwholesome root and unwholesome. Whatever phenomena are one-rooted with the unwholesome root, are they all mutually rooted (aññamaññamūla) with the unwholesome root? Those unwholesome roots that arise together are both one-rooted and mutually rooted; the remaining phenomena conascent (sahajāta) with the unwholesome roots are one-rooted with the unwholesome root but not mutually rooted. Or rather, whatever are mutually rooted with the unwholesome root, are all those phenomena unwholesome? Yes.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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