Atītattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 1924

[1924] A past phenomenon (atīto dhammo) is a condition for a present phenomenon (paccuppanna) by immediacy condition (anantara-paccaya): The successively preceding past aggregates (khandhā) are a condition for the successively subsequent present aggregates by immediacy condition. Conformity (anuloma) is a condition for change-of-lineage (gotrabhu); conformity is a condition for cleansing (vodāna); change-of-lineage is a condition for the path (magga); cleansing is a condition for the path; the path is a condition for fruition (phala); fruition is a condition for fruition; conformity is a condition for the attainment of fruition (phalasamāpatti); for one emerging from cessation (nirodha), the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana) is a condition for the attainment of fruition by immediacy condition.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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