Cetasikaduka

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (4) · Vol. 43 · Section 104

[104] A phenomenon (dhamma) that is not a mental factor (acetasika) is a condition for a phenomenon that is not a mental factor by prenascence condition (purejāta-paccaya): object-prenascence (ārammaṇa-purejāta) and base-prenascence (vatthu-purejāta). Object-prenascence: One contemplates with insight the eye … the (heart-)base (vatthu) as impermanent; one relishes and delights in it; taking that as object, mind (citta) arises. One sees a form (rūpa) with the divine eye (dibbacakkhu); one hears a sound (sadda) 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 (heart-)base is a condition for mind by prenascence condition. A phenomenon that is not a mental factor is a condition for a phenomenon that is a mental factor by prenascence condition: object-prenascence and base-prenascence. Object-prenascence: One contemplates with insight the eye … the (heart-)base as impermanent … grief (domanassa) arises. One sees a form with the divine eye; one hears a sound with the divine ear element. The form base is a condition for the aggregates (khandhā) accompanied by eye-consciousness, the tangible base for the aggregates accompanied by body-consciousness. Base-prenascence: The eye base is a condition for the aggregates accompanied by eye-consciousness; the body base … ; the (heart-)base is a condition for the aggregates that are mental factors by prenascence condition. A phenomenon that is not a mental factor is a condition for a phenomenon that is a mental factor and for a phenomenon that is not a mental factor by prenascence condition: object-prenascence and base-prenascence. Object-prenascence: One contemplates with insight the eye … the (heart-)base as impermanent; one relishes and delights in it; taking that as object, mind and the associated aggregates (sampayuttakā khandhā) arise. One sees a form with the divine eye; one hears a sound with the divine ear element. The form base is a condition for eye-consciousness and the associated aggregates; the tangible base … . Base-prenascence: The eye base is a condition for eye-consciousness and the associated aggregates; the body base … ; the (heart-)base is a condition for mind and the associated aggregates by prenascence condition.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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