Ajjhattattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 2076

[2076] An internal phenomenon (dhamma) is a condition for an external phenomenon by way of object condition (ārammaṇa-paccaya). Another person sees with insight the internal eye (cakkhu) — (abridged) — the base (vatthu) … the internal aggregates (khandhā) as impermanent, as suffering, as not-self; he relishes and delights in them; on account of that, lust … grief arises. With the divine eye [one sees] form … ; with the divine ear element [one hears] sound … By the knowledge of penetration of the minds of others (cetopariyañāṇa) one knows the mind (citta) of a person endowed with an internal mind. The internal form base (rūpāyatana) is a condition for external eye-consciousness (cakkhuviññāṇa); the internal tangible-object base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana) is a condition for external body-consciousness (kāyaviññāṇa), by way of object condition. The internal aggregates are a condition for the knowledge of supernormal power (iddhividhañāṇa), for the knowledge of penetration of the minds of others, for the knowledge of the recollection of past lives (pubbenivāsānussatiñāṇa), for the knowledge of beings faring according to their kamma (yathākammūpagañāṇa), for the knowledge of the future (anāgataṃsañāṇa), and for adverting (āvajjanā), by way of object condition.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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