Kusaladhaṁnidadesa

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Yamaka (1) · Vol. 38 · Section 6

[6] Whatever phenomena (dhammā) are wholesome (kusala), are they all wholesome roots (kusalamūla)? There are only three wholesome roots; the remaining wholesome phenomena are not wholesome roots. Or, whatever are wholesome roots, are all those phenomena wholesome? Yes. Whatever phenomena are wholesome, are they all one-rooted (ekamūla) with the wholesome root? Yes. Or, whatever are one-rooted with the wholesome root, are all those phenomena wholesome? Form (rūpa) originated by the wholesome (kusalasamuṭṭhāna) is one-rooted with the wholesome root but is not wholesome; the wholesome is both one-rooted with the wholesome root and wholesome. Whatever phenomena are one-rooted with the wholesome root, are they all mutually rooted (aññamaññamūla) with the wholesome root? Those roots which arise together, being wholesome roots, are both one-rooted and mutually rooted; the remaining phenomena conascent (sahajāta) with the wholesome root are one-rooted with the wholesome root but are not mutually rooted. Or, whatever are mutually rooted with the wholesome root, are all those phenomena wholesome? Yes.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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