Paccanīyapaṭṭhāna

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 137

[137] A phenomenon (dhamma) without thought-conception (vitakka) and without discursive thought (vicāra) is a condition for a phenomenon without thought-conception and without discursive thought by way of object condition (ārammaṇa-paccaya). Nibbāna is a condition for the path (magga) and the fruition (phala) that are without thought-conception and without discursive thought, and for discursive thought, by way of object condition. One sees a form (rūpa) with the divine eye (dibbacakkhu); one hears a sound with the divine ear element (dibbā sotadhātu); with the knowledge (ñāṇa) of penetrating the minds of others (cetopariyañāṇa) one knows the mind (citta) of one possessed of a mind without thought-conception and without discursive thought. The sphere of the infinity of space (ākāsānañcāyatana) is a condition for the sphere of the infinity of consciousness (viññāṇañcāyatana), and the sphere of nothingness (ākiñcaññāyatana) for the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana), by way of object condition. The form base (rūpāyatana) is a condition for eye-consciousness (cakkhuviññāṇa), and the tangible-object base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana) for body-consciousness (kāyaviññāṇa), by way of object condition. Aggregates (khandhā) without thought-conception and without discursive thought are a condition for the knowledge of supernormal powers (iddhividhañāṇa), for the knowledge of penetrating the minds of others, for the knowledge of the recollection of past lives (pubbenivāsānussatiñāṇa), for the knowledge of beings' faring according to their kamma (yathākammūpagañāṇa), and for the knowledge of the future (anāgataṃsañāṇa), by way of object condition. Taking as object the aggregates without thought-conception and without discursive thought, and discursive thought, aggregates without thought-conception and without discursive thought arise.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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