Akusaladhaṁnidadesa

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Yamaka (1) · Vol. 38 · Section 11

[11] Whatever phenomena (dhammā) are unwholesome (akusala), are they all unwholesome root-roots (akusalamūlamūla)? There are only three unwholesome root-roots; the remaining unwholesome phenomena are not unwholesome root-roots. Or, whatever are unwholesome root-roots, are all those phenomena unwholesome? Yes. Whatever phenomena are unwholesome, do they all have a single root-root in common with the unwholesome root (akusalamūlena ekamūlamūlā)? The rootless (ahetuka) unwholesome does not have a single root-root in common with the unwholesome root; the unwholesome accompanied by roots (sahetuka) has a single root-root in common with the unwholesome root. Or, whatever have a single root-root in common with the unwholesome root, are all those phenomena unwholesome? Form (rūpa) originated by the unwholesome (akusalasamuṭṭhāna) has a single root-root in common with the unwholesome root but is not unwholesome; the unwholesome both has a single root-root in common with the unwholesome root and is unwholesome. Whatever phenomena have a single root-root in common with the unwholesome root, do they all have mutual root-roots (aññamaññamūlamūla) with the unwholesome root? Whatever roots arise together as unwholesome roots both have a single root-root in common and have mutual root-roots; the remaining phenomena conascent (sahajāta) with an unwholesome root have a single root-root in common with the unwholesome root but do not have mutual root-roots. Or, whatever have mutual root-roots 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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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