Ajjhattārammaṇattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 2155

[2155] A phenomenon (dhamma) with an internal object (ajjhattārammaṇa) is a condition for a phenomenon with an internal object by contiguity condition (samanantara-paccaya); is a condition by connascence condition (sahajāta-paccaya); is a condition by mutuality condition (aññamañña-paccaya); is a condition by dependence condition (nissaya-paccaya); is a condition by decisive-support condition (upanissaya-paccaya): object decisive-support (ārammaṇūpanissaya), immediacy decisive-support (anantarūpanissaya), natural decisive-support (pakatūpanissaya). Natural decisive-support: contemplation of impermanence (aniccānupassanā), contemplation of suffering (dukkhānupassanā), and contemplation of impersonality (anattānupassanā) having an internal object are a condition, by decisive-support condition, for contemplation of impermanence, contemplation of suffering, and contemplation of impersonality having an internal object.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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