Pītittika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 472

[472] Dependent on (paṭicca) a phenomenon (dhamma) accompanied by pleasure (sukhasahagata), a phenomenon accompanied by pleasure arises, not by way of root condition (na-hetupaccayā): dependent on one rootless (ahetuka) aggregate (khandha) accompanied by pleasure, two aggregates [arise]; dependent on two aggregates, one aggregate [arises]. Dependent on a phenomenon accompanied by pleasure, a phenomenon accompanied by rapture (pītisahagata) arises, not by way of root condition: dependent on one rootless aggregate accompanied by pleasure, three aggregates accompanied by rapture [arise]; dependent on two aggregates, two aggregates [arise]. Dependent on a phenomenon accompanied by pleasure, phenomena accompanied by rapture and accompanied by pleasure arise, not by way of root condition: dependent on one rootless aggregate accompanied by pleasure, two aggregates accompanied by rapture and accompanied by pleasure [arise]; dependent on two aggregates, one aggregate [arises].

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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