Upādāduka

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (4) · Vol. 43 · Section 298

[298] In dependence on a derivative phenomenon (upādā dhamma), a non-derivative phenomenon (no-upādā dhamma) arises, not by root condition (na-hetupaccayā): at the moment of rootless rebirth-linking (ahetuka-paṭisandhikkhaṇa), in dependence on the base (vatthu), the non-derivative aggregates (khandhā) [arise]. In dependence on a non-derivative phenomenon, a non-derivative phenomenon arises, not by root condition: in dependence on one rootless non-derivative aggregate, three aggregates and non-derivative mind-originated materiality (cittasamuṭṭhāna-rūpa) [arise]; [in dependence on] two aggregates …; at the moment of rootless rebirth-linking, [in dependence on] one primary element (mahābhūta) … For the non-percipient beings (asaññasattā), in dependence on one primary element, three primary elements [arise]; in dependence on two primary elements, two primary elements [arise]. In dependence on a non-derivative phenomenon, a derivative phenomenon arises, not by root condition: in dependence on the rootless non-derivative aggregates, derivative mind-originated materiality [arises]; at the moment of rootless rebirth-linking, in dependence on the primary elements, derivative mind-originated materiality [and] kamma-born materiality (kaṭattā-rūpa) — derivative materiality (upādā-rūpa) — [arise]; up to the non-percipient beings. In dependence on a non-derivative phenomenon, derivative and non-derivative phenomena arise, not by root condition: in dependence on one rootless non-derivative aggregate, three aggregates and mind-originated materiality both derivative and non-derivative [arise]; [likewise at] rootless rebirth-linking. In dependence on a derivative phenomenon and a non-derivative phenomenon, a non-derivative phenomenon arises, not by root condition: at the moment of rootless rebirth-linking, in dependence on one non-derivative aggregate and the base, three aggregates [arise]; [in dependence on] two aggregates … .

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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