Ajjhattattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 2077

[2077] An external phenomenon (bahiddhā dhamma) is a condition for an external phenomenon by object condition (ārammaṇa-paccaya). Another person, having given a gift (dāna), virtue (sīla) …, the uposatha observance …, reviews it; he reviews what was formerly well practiced; having emerged from jhāna … Noble ones (ariyā), having emerged from the path (magga), review the path; the fruition (phala) …; they review Nibbāna. Nibbāna is a condition for change-of-lineage (gotrabhū), for purification (vodāna), for the path, for the fruition, and for adverting (āvajjanā) by object condition. Noble ones review the defilements (kilesa) that have been abandoned; the defilements that have been suppressed …; those formerly habitually indulged in … Another person: the external eye …, the base (vatthu) …, the external aggregates (khandha) as impermanent …; grief (domanassa) arises. With the divine eye, a form …; with the divine ear element, a sound …; with the knowledge of others' minds (cetopariyañāṇa), of one possessing an external mind (citta) … The sphere of the infinity of space (ākāsānañcāyatana) is a condition for the sphere of the infinity of consciousness (viññāṇañcāyatana) by object condition; the sphere of nothingness (ākiñcaññāyatana) is a condition for the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana) by object condition. External aggregates are a condition for the knowledge of supernormal power (iddhividhañāṇa), for the knowledge of others' minds, and for adverting, by object condition.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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