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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (3) · Vol. 42 · Section 347

[347] A phenomenon (dhamma) that is a taint (āsava) is a condition, by way of decisive-support condition (upanissaya-paccaya), for a phenomenon that is a taint: object decisive-support (ārammaṇūpanissaya), proximity decisive-support (anantarūpanissaya), natural decisive-support (pakatūpanissaya). … Natural decisive-support: Taints are a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for taints. Three. A phenomenon that is not a taint is a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for a phenomenon that is not a taint: object decisive-support, proximity decisive-support, natural decisive-support. … Natural decisive-support: In dependence on faith (saddhā), one gives a gift … gives rise to an attainment (samāpatti), arouses conceit (māna), grasps a view (diṭṭhi); virtue (sīla) … … in dependence on a lodging (senāsana), one gives a gift … causes schism in the Saṅgha. Faith … a lodging is a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for faith … for the attainment of fruition (phalasamāpatti). A phenomenon that is not a taint is a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for a phenomenon that is a taint: object decisive-support, proximity decisive-support, natural decisive-support. … Natural decisive-support: In dependence on faith, one arouses conceit, grasps a view; virtue … … causes schism in the Saṅgha. Faith … a lodging is a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for lust (rāga) … for longing (patthanā). A phenomenon that is not a taint is a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for a phenomenon that is a taint and a phenomenon that is not a taint: object decisive-support, proximity decisive-support, natural decisive-support. … Natural decisive-support: In dependence on faith, one arouses conceit, grasps a view; virtue … … in dependence on a lodging, one kills a living being … causes schism in the Saṅgha. Faith … a lodging is a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for lust … for longing. A phenomenon that is a taint and a phenomenon that is not a taint are a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for a phenomenon that is a taint: object decisive-support, proximity decisive-support, natural decisive-support. Three.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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