Pajahnavāra

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Yamaka (1) · Vol. 38 · Section 1431

[1431] From where one fully understands (parijānāti) the latent tendency of sensual lust (kāmarāgānusaya), does one from there fully understand the latent tendency of repulsion (paṭighānusaya)? No. Or rather, from where one fully understands the latent tendency of repulsion, does one from there fully understand the latent tendency of sensual lust? No. From where one fully understands the latent tendency of sensual lust, does one from there fully understand the latent tendency of conceit (mānānusaya)? Yes. Or rather, from where one fully understands the latent tendency of conceit, does one from there fully understand the latent tendency of sensual lust? In the form element (rūpadhātu) and the formless element (arūpadhātu): from there one fully understands the latent tendency of conceit, but one does not from there fully understand the latent tendency of sensual lust. In the two feelings (vedanā) in the sense-sphere element (kāmadhātu): from there one fully understands both the latent tendency of conceit and the latent tendency of sensual lust. From where one fully understands the latent tendency of sensual lust, does one from there fully understand the latent tendency of views (diṭṭhānusaya) … the latent tendency of doubt (vicikicchānusaya)? Yes. Or rather, from where one fully understands the latent tendency of doubt, does one from there fully understand the latent tendency of sensual lust? In painful feeling, in the form element, and in the formless element: from there one fully understands the latent tendency of doubt, but one does not from there fully understand the latent tendency of sensual lust. In the two feelings in the sense-sphere element: from there one fully understands both the latent tendency of doubt and the latent tendency of sensual lust. From where one fully understands the latent tendency of sensual lust, does one from there fully understand the latent tendency of lust for existence (bhavarāgānusaya)? No. Or rather, from where one fully understands the latent tendency of lust for existence, does one from there fully understand the latent tendency of sensual lust? No. From where one fully understands the latent tendency of sensual lust, does one from there fully understand the latent tendency of ignorance (avijjānusaya)? Yes. Or rather, from where one fully understands the latent tendency of ignorance, does one from there fully understand the latent tendency of sensual lust? In painful feeling, in the form element, and in the formless element: from there one fully understands the latent tendency of ignorance, but one does not from there fully understand the latent tendency of sensual lust. In the two feelings in the sense-sphere element: from there one fully understands both the latent tendency of ignorance and the latent tendency of sensual lust.

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