Dassanenapahātabbahetukaduka

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (4) · Vol. 43 · Section 625

[625] A phenomenon (dhamma) with roots to be abandoned by seeing (dassanena-pahātabbahetuka) is a condition, by way of decisive-support condition (upanissaya-paccaya), for a phenomenon with roots to be abandoned by seeing: object decisive-support (ārammaṇūpanissaya), proximity decisive-support (anantarūpanissaya), natural decisive-support (pakatūpanissaya) … Natural decisive-support: aggregates (khandhā) with roots to be abandoned by seeing are a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for aggregates with roots to be abandoned by seeing. In the remaining two [cases there are] proximity decisive-support and natural decisive-support. The root (mūlaṃ) [is to be repeated]: aggregates with roots to be abandoned by seeing are a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for aggregates without roots to be abandoned by seeing (na-dassanena-pahātabbahetuka) and for delusion (moha). The root [is to be repeated]: aggregates with roots to be abandoned by seeing are a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for aggregates accompanied by doubt (vicikicchāsahagata) and for delusion. A phenomenon without roots to be abandoned by seeing is a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for a phenomenon without roots to be abandoned by seeing: object decisive-support, proximity decisive-support, natural decisive-support … Natural decisive-support: in dependence on faith (saddhā), one gives a gift (dāna) … gives rise to an attainment (samāpatti), engenders conceit (māna); in dependence on virtue (sīla) … wisdom (paññā), lust (rāga) without roots to be abandoned by seeing, hatred (dosa), delusion, conceit, longing (patthanā), bodily pleasure (kāyikaṃ sukhaṃ), bodily pain (kāyikaṃ dukkhaṃ) … a lodging (senāsana), one gives a gift … gives rise to an attainment. Faith … a lodging is a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for faith … for wisdom, for lust without roots to be abandoned by seeing … for longing, for the attainment of fruition (phala-samāpatti). A phenomenon without roots to be abandoned by seeing is a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for a phenomenon with roots to be abandoned by seeing: object decisive-support, proximity decisive-support, natural decisive-support … Natural decisive-support: in dependence on faith … one grasps a view (diṭṭhi); in dependence on virtue … wisdom, lust without roots to be abandoned by seeing, hatred, delusion, conceit, longing, bodily pleasure, bodily pain … a lodging, one kills a living being … causes a schism in the Saṅgha. Faith … a lodging is a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for lust with roots to be abandoned by seeing, for hatred, for delusion, for view, for longing. A phenomenon without roots to be abandoned by seeing is a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for a phenomenon with roots to be abandoned by seeing and for a phenomenon without roots to be abandoned by seeing: proximity decisive-support, natural decisive-support … Natural decisive-support: faith … wisdom, lust without roots to be abandoned by seeing, hatred, delusion, conceit, longing, bodily pleasure … a lodging is a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for aggregates accompanied by doubt and for delusion. A phenomenon with roots to be abandoned by seeing and a phenomenon without roots to be abandoned by seeing are a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for a phenomenon with roots to be abandoned by seeing: proximity decisive-support, natural decisive-support … Natural decisive-support: aggregates accompanied by doubt, and delusion, are a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for aggregates with roots to be abandoned by seeing. The root [is to be repeated]: aggregates accompanied by doubt, and delusion, are a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for aggregates without roots to be abandoned by seeing and for delusion. The root [is to be repeated]: aggregates accompanied by doubt, and delusion, are a condition, by way of decisive-support condition, for aggregates accompanied by doubt and for delusion.

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

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