Paccanīyapaṭṭhāna

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 297

[297] A phenomenon with thought (vitakka) and examination (vicāra) and a phenomenon without thought and with mere examination (avitakka-vicāramatta) are a condition for a phenomenon with thought and examination and for a phenomenon without thought and with mere examination by decisive-support condition (upanissaya-paccaya): object decisive-support (ārammaṇūpanissaya), proximity decisive-support (anantarūpanissaya), natural decisive-support (pakatūpanissaya). Natural decisive-support: faith (saddhā) that is with thought and examination … virtue (sīla), learning (suta), generosity (cāga), wisdom (paññā), lust (rāga), hatred, delusion, conceit (māna), view (diṭṭhi), wish (patthanā) … and thought are a condition, by decisive-support condition, for faith that is with thought and examination … for wish and for thought.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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