Paccanīyapaṭṭhāna

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 283

[283] A phenomenon (dhamma) without thought and without examination (avitakka-avicāra) is a condition for a phenomenon without thought and without examination by decisive-support condition (upanissaya-paccaya): object decisive-support (ārammaṇūpanissaya), proximity decisive-support (anantarūpanissaya), natural decisive-support (pakatūpanissaya). Natural decisive-support: In dependence on faith (saddhā) that is without thought and without examination, one produces jhāna that is without thought and without examination; the path (magga) … superknowledge (abhiññā) … one produces an attainment (samāpatti). In dependence on virtue (sīla) that is without thought and without examination … learning (suta), generosity (cāga), wisdom (paññā), examination (vicāra), bodily pleasure (kāyika sukha), bodily pain (kāyika dukkha), climate (utu), food (bhojana) … lodging (senāsana), one produces jhāna that is without thought and without examination; the path … superknowledge … one produces an attainment. Faith that is without thought and without examination … virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, examination, bodily pleasure, bodily pain, climate, food … lodging are a condition, by decisive-support condition, for faith that is without thought and without examination, for virtue, for learning, for generosity, for wisdom, for examination, for bodily pleasure, for bodily pain.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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