Kusaladhaṁnidadesa

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Yamaka (1) · Vol. 38 · Section 8

[8] Whatever phenomena (dhammā) are wholesome (kusala), are they all rooted in the wholesome? Yes. Or, whatever are rooted in the wholesome, are all those phenomena wholesome? Form (rūpa) originated by the wholesome (kusalasamuṭṭhāna) is rooted in the wholesome but is not wholesome; the wholesome is both rooted in the wholesome and wholesome. Whatever phenomena are wholesome, do they all have a single root in common with the wholesome root (kusalamūla)? Yes. Or, whatever have a single root in common with the wholesome root, are all those phenomena wholesome? Form originated by the wholesome has a single root in common with the wholesome root but is not wholesome; the wholesome both has a single root in common with the wholesome root and is wholesome. Whatever phenomena have a single root in common with the wholesome root, are they all mutually rooted with the wholesome root? Whatever wholesome roots arise together, those both have a single root in common and are mutually rooted; the remaining phenomena, arisen together with the wholesome root, have a single root in common 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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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