Pītittika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 530

[530] A phenomenon (dhamma) accompanied by rapture (pītisahagata) is a condition, by way of decisive-support condition (upanissaya-paccaya), for a phenomenon accompanied by rapture and accompanied by pleasure (sukhasahagata): object decisive-support (ārammaṇūpanissaya), proximity decisive-support (anantarūpanissaya), natural decisive-support (pakatūpanissaya). Natural decisive-support: In dependence on faith (saddhā) accompanied by rapture, one gives a gift (dāna) with a mind (citta) accompanied by rapture and accompanied by pleasure … grasps a view (diṭṭhi); in dependence on virtue (sīla) accompanied by rapture and accompanied by pleasure … aspiration (patthanā), one gives a gift with a mind accompanied by rapture and accompanied by pleasure … commits slaughter in a market town. Faith accompanied by rapture … aspiration is a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for faith and aspiration accompanied by rapture and accompanied by pleasure.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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