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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (3) · Vol. 42 · Section 23

[23] A non-root phenomenon (nahetu dhamma) is a condition for a non-root phenomenon by prenascence condition (purejāta-paccaya): object-prenascence (ārammaṇa-purejāta) and base-prenascence (vatthu-purejāta). Object-prenascence: One sees with insight the eye … the base (vatthu) as impermanent, as suffering, as non-self … grief (domanassa) arises. One sees a form with the divine eye and hears a sound with the divine ear element (dibbā sotadhātu). The form base (rūpāyatana) is a condition for eye-consciousness (cakkhuviññāṇa) … the tangible base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana) is a condition for body-consciousness (kāyaviññāṇa) by prenascence condition. Base-prenascence: The eye base (cakkhāyatana) is a condition for eye-consciousness by prenascence condition … the body base (kāyāyatana) is a condition for body-consciousness by prenascence condition. The base is a condition for the non-root aggregates (khandhā) by prenascence condition. A non-root phenomenon is a condition for a root phenomenon (hetu dhamma) by prenascence condition: object-prenascence and base-prenascence. Object-prenascence: The eye … the base as impermanent … grief arises. One sees a form with the divine eye and hears a sound with the divine ear element. Base-prenascence: The base is a condition for the roots by prenascence condition. A non-root phenomenon is a condition for a root phenomenon and a non-root phenomenon by prenascence condition: object-prenascence and base-prenascence. Object-prenascence: The eye … the base as impermanent … grief … with the divine … Base-prenascence: The base is a condition for the roots and the associated (sampayuttaka) aggregates by prenascence condition.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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