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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (3) · Vol. 42 · Section 516

[516] A phenomenon that is a tie (gantha) is a condition for a phenomenon that is a tie by decisive-support condition (upanissaya-paccaya): object decisive-support (ārammaṇūpanissaya), proximity decisive-support (anantarūpanissaya), natural decisive-support (pakatūpanissaya). … Natural decisive-support: ties [are a condition] for ties … (three). A phenomenon that is not a tie is a condition for a phenomenon that is not a tie by decisive-support condition: object decisive-support, proximity decisive-support, natural decisive-support. … Natural decisive-support: depending on faith (saddhā), one gives a gift (dāna) … conceives conceit (māna), grasps a view (diṭṭhi); virtue (sīla) … … depending on lodging (senāsana), one gives a gift … causes a schism in the Saṅgha. Faith … lodging is a condition for faith … for the attainment of fruition (phalasamāpatti) by decisive-support condition. A phenomenon that is not a tie is a condition for a phenomenon that is a tie by decisive-support condition: object decisive-support, proximity decisive-support, natural decisive-support. … Natural decisive-support: depending on faith, one conceives conceit, grasps a view; virtue … … depending on lodging, one kills a living being … causes a schism in the Saṅgha. Faith … lodging is a condition for lust (rāga) … for aspiration (patthanā) by decisive-support condition. A phenomenon that is not a tie is a condition for a phenomenon that is a tie and for a phenomenon that is not a tie by decisive-support condition: object decisive-support, proximity decisive-support, natural decisive-support. … Natural decisive-support: depending on faith, one conceives conceit, grasps a view; virtue … … depending on lodging, one kills a living being … causes a schism in the Saṅgha. Faith … lodging is a condition for the ties and the associated aggregates (khandha) by decisive-support condition. A phenomenon that is a tie and a phenomenon that is not a tie are a condition for a phenomenon that is a tie by decisive-support condition: object decisive-support, proximity decisive-support, natural decisive-support. … Natural decisive-support: the three [sections] are to be done according to the method of the object [condition].

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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