Atītattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 1930

[1930] A present (paccuppanna) phenomenon (dhamma) is a condition for a present phenomenon by prenascence condition (purejāta-paccaya): object-prenascence (ārammaṇa-purejāta) and base-prenascence (vatthu-purejāta). Object-prenascence: the eye … the base (vatthu) as impermanent … grief arises. One sees a form with the divine eye (dibbacakkhu); with the divine ear element (dibbā sotadhātu) … The form sense base (rūpāyatana) is a condition for eye-consciousness (cakkhu-viññāṇa), the tangible sense base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana) for body-consciousness (kāya-viññāṇa), by prenascence condition. Base-prenascence: the eye sense base (cakkhāyatana) is a condition for eye-consciousness, the body sense base (kāyāyatana) for body-consciousness; the base (vatthu) is a condition for the present aggregates (khandha) by prenascence condition.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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