Ajjhattikaduka

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (4) · Vol. 43 · Section 287

[287] An internal phenomenon (ajjhattika dhamma) is a condition for an internal phenomenon by presence condition (atthi-paccaya): conascent, prenascent, postnascent. Conascent: at the moment of rebirth-linking (paṭisandhi), mind (citta) is a condition for internal kamma-born materiality (kaṭattārūpa) by presence condition. Prenascent: the eye … the body as impermanent … similar to [the section on] prenascence, without difference. Postnascent: to be done similar to [the section on] postnascence. An internal phenomenon is a condition for an external phenomenon (bāhira dhamma) by presence condition: conascent, prenascent, postnascent. Conascent: the conascent internal aggregates (khandhā) are a condition for the associated aggregates and for mind-originated materiality by presence condition. (Abbreviated.) Here in the presence [condition], in all positions: the conascent is similar to the Paccayavāra (conditions chapter); the prenascent, similar to [the section on] prenascence; the postnascent, to be done similar to [the section on] postnascence — without difference. An internal phenomenon is a condition for an internal phenomenon and an external phenomenon by presence condition: conascent, prenascent, postnascent. (Abbreviated.) An external phenomenon is a condition for an external phenomenon by presence condition: conascent, prenascent, postnascent, nutriment (āhāra), faculty (indriya). All should be given in full. An external phenomenon is a condition for an internal phenomenon by presence condition: conascent, prenascent, postnascent, nutriment, faculty. (Abbreviated.) An external phenomenon is a condition for an internal phenomenon and an external phenomenon by presence condition: conascent, prenascent, postnascent, nutriment, faculty. (Abbreviated.) An internal phenomenon and an external phenomenon are a condition for an internal phenomenon by presence condition: conascent, prenascent, postnascent, nutriment, faculty. Conascent: the aggregates accompanying eye-consciousness (cakkhuviññāṇa) and the eye base (cakkhāyatana) are a condition for eye-consciousness by presence condition; the aggregates accompanying body-consciousness (kāyaviññāṇa) and … At the moment of rebirth-linking, the internal and the external aggregates are a condition for internal kamma-born materiality by presence condition. Prenascent: the eye base and the [heart-]base (vatthu) are a condition for mind by presence condition; the body base (kāyāyatana) and the [heart-]base are a condition for mind by presence condition; the form base (rūpāyatana) and the eye base are a condition for eye-consciousness, and the tangible-object base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana) and the body base are a condition for body-consciousness, by presence condition. Postnascent: the internal and the external aggregates are a condition for this prenascent internal body by presence condition. Postnascent: the internal and the external aggregates and edible food (kabaḷīkāra āhāra) are a condition for this prenascent internal body by presence condition. Postnascent: the internal and the external aggregates and the material life faculty (rūpa-jīvitindriya) are a condition for internal kamma-born materiality by presence condition. An internal phenomenon and an external phenomenon are a condition for an external phenomenon by presence condition: conascent, prenascent, postnascent, nutriment, faculty. Conascent: one aggregate accompanying eye-consciousness, and the eye base, and eye-consciousness are a condition for two aggregates by presence condition. Conascent: similar to the Paccayavāra, without difference — just like the first round. All the terms should be analyzed according to the method of the first combination (ghaṭanā). An internal phenomenon and an external phenomenon are a condition for an internal phenomenon and an external phenomenon by presence condition: conascent, prenascent, postnascent, nutriment, faculty. Conascent: one aggregate accompanying eye-consciousness and the eye base are a condition for two aggregates and for eye-consciousness by presence condition. (Abbreviated.) All the terms should be analyzed according to the method of the first combination. … is a condition by absence condition (natthi-paccaya); … is a condition by disappearance condition (vigata-paccaya); … is a condition by non-disappearance condition (avigata-paccaya).

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

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