Ajjhattattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 2048

[2048] Dependent on an external phenomenon (bahiddhā dhamma), an external phenomenon arises, not by prenascence condition (na-purejāta-paccayā): In the immaterial [plane] (arūpa), dependent on one external aggregate, two aggregates … Dependent on the external aggregates, mind-originated form (cittasamuṭṭhāna-rūpa); at the moment of rebirth-linking (paṭisandhikkhaṇa), [this is to be given] in full (paripuṇṇaṃ). One primary element (mahābhūta) … external (bāhira) … nutriment (āhāra) … temperature (utu) … of the non-percipient beings (asaññasattā) ….

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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