Dassanenapahātabbahetukattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 944

[944] A phenomenon (dhamma) whose roots are to be abandoned neither by seeing nor by development (nevadassanena-nabhāvanāya-pahātabbahetuka) is a condition, by prenascence condition (purejāta-paccaya), for a phenomenon whose roots are to be abandoned by development (bhāvanāya-pahātabbahetuka). Object-prenascence (ārammaṇa-purejāta) and 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 development arises; restlessness arises; grief whose roots are to be abandoned by development arises. Base-prenascence: the base is a condition, by prenascence condition, for the aggregates whose roots are to be abandoned by development.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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