Nīvaraṇasampayuttaduka

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (3) · Vol. 42 · Section 630

[630] A phenomenon (dhamma) dissociated from hindrances (nīvaraṇa-vippayutta) is a condition for a phenomenon dissociated from hindrances by prenascence condition (purejāta-paccaya): object-prenascence (ārammaṇa-purejāta), base-prenascence (vatthu-purejāta). Object-prenascence: one contemplates with insight the eye … the base (vatthu) as impermanent (anicca), as suffering (dukkha), as not-self (anattā); one sees a form with the divine eye (dibbacakkhu), 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) for body-consciousness (kāyaviññāṇa). Base-prenascence: the eye base (cakkhāyatana) [is a condition] for eye-consciousness, the body base (kāyāyatana) for body-consciousness; the base is a condition for the aggregates (khandhā) dissociated from hindrances by prenascence condition. A phenomenon dissociated from hindrances is a condition for a phenomenon associated with hindrances (nīvaraṇa-sampayutta) by prenascence condition: object-prenascence, base-prenascence. Object-prenascence: one relishes and delights in the eye … the base; taking that as object, lust (rāga), hatred (dosa), delusion (moha) [arise]. Base-prenascence: the base is a condition for the aggregates associated with hindrances by prenascence condition.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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