Dassanenapahātabbahetukattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 894

[894] A phenomenon (dhamma) whose root is to be abandoned neither by seeing (dassana) nor by development (bhāvanā) is a condition for both a phenomenon whose root is to be abandoned by seeing and a phenomenon whose root is to be abandoned neither by seeing nor by development … Taking the eye (cakkhu) as object, the aggregates (khandhā) accompanied by doubt (vicikicchā), and delusion (moha), arise. The ear … the base (vatthu) … Taking as object the aggregates whose root is to be abandoned neither by seeing nor by development, the aggregates accompanied by doubt, and delusion, arise.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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