Ajjhattattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 2091

[2091] An external phenomenon (bahiddhā dhamma) is a condition for an external phenomenon by prenascence condition (purejāta-paccaya): object-prenascence (ārammaṇa-purejāta), base-prenascence (vatthu-purejāta). Object-prenascence: another person [contemplates] the external eye … the base (vatthu) as impermanent …; one sees form with the divine eye (dibbacakkhu), hears sound with the divine ear element (dibbā sotadhātu). The external form base (rūpāyatana) [is a condition] for external eye-consciousness; the external tangible-object base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana) [is a condition] for external body-consciousness. Base-prenascence: the external eye base (cakkhāyatana) … the body base (kāyāyatana) … the base is a condition for the external aggregates (khandhā) by prenascence condition.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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