Vedanātika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (1) · Vol. 40 · Section 1162

[1162] A phenomenon (dhamma) associated (sampayutta) with neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling (adukkhamasukhā vedanā) is a condition, by immediacy condition (anantara-paccaya), for a phenomenon associated with pleasant feeling. The death consciousness (cuti-citta) associated with neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling is a condition, by immediacy condition, for the rebirth consciousness (upapatti-citta) associated with pleasant feeling. Adverting (āvajjanā) is a condition, by immediacy condition, for the aggregates (khandhā) associated with pleasant feeling. The resultant mind element (vipāka-manodhātu) is a condition, by immediacy condition, for the resultant mind-consciousness element (vipāka-manoviññāṇa-dhātu) associated with pleasant feeling. The life-continuum (bhavaṅga) associated with neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling is a condition, by immediacy condition, for the life-continuum associated with pleasant feeling. The wholesome and the unwholesome (kusalākusala) associated with neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling [are a condition] for emergence (vuṭṭhāna) associated with pleasant feeling; the functional (kiriyā), for emergence; fruition (phala), for emergence; for one emerging from cessation (nirodha), the sphere of neither-perception-nor-non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana) is a condition, by immediacy condition, for the attainment of fruition (phala-samāpatti) associated with pleasant feeling.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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