Ajjhattattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 2111

[2111] An internal phenomenon (ajjhatta dhamma) is a condition for an external phenomenon (bahiddhā dhamma) by presence condition (atthi-paccaya): prenascence (purejāta), nutriment (āhāra). Prenascence: another person contemplates with insight the internal eye … the base (vatthu) as impermanent …; with the divine eye (dibbacakkhu) …; with the divine ear element (dibbā sotadhātu) … The internal form base (rūpāyatana) … the tangible base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana) is a condition for external body-consciousness (kāyaviññāṇa) by presence condition. Internal edible nutriment (kabaḷīkāra āhāra) is a condition for the external body by presence condition.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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