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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 943

[943] A phenomenon (dhamma) whose roots are to be abandoned neither by seeing nor by development is a condition, by way of prenascence condition (purejāta-paccaya), for a phenomenon whose roots are to be abandoned by seeing. Object-prenascence (ārammaṇa-purejāta), base-prenascence (vatthu-purejāta). Object-prenascence: one relishes and delights in the eye … the base (vatthu); with that as object, lust (rāga) whose roots are to be abandoned by seeing … view (diṭṭhi) … doubt (vicikicchā) … grief (domanassa) whose roots are to be abandoned by seeing arises. Base-prenascence: the base is a condition, by way of prenascence condition, for the aggregates (khandhā) whose roots are to be abandoned by seeing.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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