Uppannattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 1901

[1901] An arisen phenomenon (uppanno dhammo) is a condition for an arisen phenomenon by prenascence condition (purejāta-paccaya): object-prenascence (ārammaṇa-purejāta), base-prenascence (vatthu-purejāta). Object-prenascence: one contemplates with insight the eye … the (heart-)base (vatthu) as impermanent, as suffering (dukkha), as non-self; one relishes it, delights in it; with that as object, lust (rāga) arises, grief (domanassa) arises. With the divine eye (dibba-cakkhu), a form …; with the divine ear element (dibbā sotadhātu) one hears a sound. The form base (rūpāyatana) is a condition for eye-consciousness (cakkhuviññāṇa), the tangible base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana) for body-consciousness (kāyaviññāṇa), by prenascence condition. Base-prenascence: the eye base (cakkhāyatana) is a condition for eye-consciousness … the (heart-)base is a condition for the arisen aggregates (khandhā) by prenascence condition.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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