Atītattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 1932

[1932] A past phenomenon (dhamma) is a condition for a present phenomenon by repetition condition (āsevana-paccaya): The successively preceding past aggregates (khandhā) are a condition for the successively subsequent present aggregates by repetition condition. Conformity (anuloma) is a condition for change-of-lineage (gotrabhu); conformity for cleansing (vodāna); change-of-lineage for the path (magga); cleansing for the path — by repetition condition.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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