Ajjhattikaduka

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (4) · Vol. 43 · Section 278

[278] An internal phenomenon (ajjhattika dhamma) is a condition for an internal phenomenon by immediacy condition (anantara-paccaya): Each preceding mind (citta) is a condition for each subsequent mind by immediacy condition. Three. An external phenomenon (bāhira dhamma) is a condition for an external phenomenon by immediacy condition: Each preceding [set of] external aggregates (khandhā) is a condition for each subsequent [set of] aggregates by immediacy condition; conformity (anuloma) [is a condition] for change-of-lineage (gotrabhū). Three. For all three, it is just the same. An internal phenomenon and an external phenomenon are a condition for an internal phenomenon by immediacy condition. Three. … is a condition by contiguity condition (samanantara-paccaya). [It] is a condition by connascence condition (sahajāta-paccaya): nine, the same as in the dependent chapter (paṭiccavāra). … is a condition by mutuality condition (aññamañña-paccaya): five, the same as in the dependent chapter. … is a condition by dependence condition (nissaya-paccaya): nine, the same as in the conditioned chapter (paccayavāra).

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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