Pajahnavāra

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Yamaka (1) · Vol. 38 · Section 1365

[1365] From where one abandons the latent tendency (anusaya) to sensual lust (kāmarāgānusaya), does one from there abandon the latent tendency to repulsion (paṭighānusaya)? No. Or rather, from where one abandons the latent tendency to repulsion, does one from there abandon the latent tendency to sensual lust? No. From where one abandons the latent tendency to sensual lust, does one from there abandon the latent tendency to conceit (mānānusaya)? Yes. Or rather, from where one abandons the latent tendency to conceit, does one from there abandon the latent tendency to sensual lust? In the form element (rūpadhātu) and in the formless element (arūpadhātu): from there one abandons the latent tendency to conceit, but one does not from there abandon the latent tendency to sensual lust. In the two feelings (vedanā) in the sense-sphere element (kāmadhātu): from there one abandons both the latent tendency to conceit and the latent tendency to sensual lust. From where one abandons the latent tendency to sensual lust, does one from there abandon the latent tendency to views (diṭṭhānusaya) … the latent tendency to doubt (vicikicchānusaya)? Yes. Or rather, from where one abandons the latent tendency to doubt, does one from there abandon the latent tendency to sensual lust? In painful feeling (dukkhā vedanā), in the form element, and in the formless element: from there one abandons the latent tendency to doubt, but one does not from there abandon the latent tendency to sensual lust. In the two feelings in the sense-sphere element: from there one abandons both the latent tendency to doubt and the latent tendency to sensual lust. From where one abandons the latent tendency to sensual lust, does one from there abandon the latent tendency to lust for existence (bhavarāgānusaya)? No. Or rather, from where one abandons the latent tendency to lust for existence, does one from there abandon the latent tendency to sensual lust? No. From where one abandons the latent tendency to sensual lust, does one from there abandon the latent tendency to ignorance (avijjānusaya)? Yes. Or rather, from where one abandons the latent tendency to ignorance, does one from there abandon the latent tendency to sensual lust? In painful feeling, in the form element, and in the formless element: from there one abandons the latent tendency to ignorance, but one does not from there abandon the latent tendency to sensual lust. In the two feelings in the sense-sphere element: from there one abandons both the latent tendency to ignorance and the latent tendency to sensual lust.

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

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