Dassanenapahātabbahetukattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 945

[945] A phenomenon (dhamma) whose root is to be abandoned neither by seeing nor by development (nevadassanena-nabhāvanāya-pahātabbahetuka) is a condition, by prenascence condition (purejāta-paccaya), for a phenomenon whose root is to be abandoned by seeing (dassanena-pahātabbahetuka) and for a phenomenon whose root is to be abandoned neither by seeing nor by development: object-prenascence (ārammaṇa-purejāta), base-prenascence (vatthu-purejāta). Object-prenascence: with reference to the eye … the base (vatthu), the aggregates (khandhā) accompanied by doubt (vicikicchā), and delusion (moha), arise. Base-prenascence: the base is a condition, by prenascence condition, for the aggregates accompanied by doubt and for delusion.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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