Rūpāvacaraduka

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (4) · Vol. 43 · Section 770

[770] A fine-material-sphere phenomenon (rūpāvacara dhamma) is a condition for a fine-material-sphere phenomenon by predominance condition (adhipati-paccaya): conascence-predominance (sahajātādhipati): fine-material-sphere predominance (adhipati) is a condition for the associated aggregates (sampayuttakā khandhā) by predominance condition. A fine-material-sphere phenomenon is a condition for a phenomenon that is not of the fine-material sphere (na-rūpāvacara) by predominance condition: object-predominance (ārammaṇādhipati), conascence-predominance. Object-predominance: having esteemed the first jhāna, one reviews it, relishes it, delights in it; having esteemed it, lust (rāga) arises, view (diṭṭhi) … … The fourth jhāna … the divine eye (dibbacakkhu), the divine ear element (dibbā sotadhātu), the knowledge of the modes of supernormal power (iddhividha-ñāṇa), the knowledge encompassing the minds of others (cetopariya-ñāṇa), the knowledge of the recollection of past lives (pubbenivāsānussati-ñāṇa), the knowledge of [beings' faring] according to their kamma (yathākammūpaga-ñāṇa) … having esteemed the knowledge of the future (anāgataṃsa-ñāṇa), one reviews it, relishes it; having esteemed it, lust arises, view … Having esteemed the fine-material-sphere aggregates, one relishes them, delights in them; having esteemed them, lust arises, view … . Conascence-predominance: fine-material-sphere predominance is a condition for mind-originated forms (cittasamuṭṭhāna-rūpa) by predominance condition. A fine-material-sphere phenomenon is a condition for a fine-material-sphere phenomenon and for a phenomenon that is not of the fine-material sphere by predominance condition: conascence-predominance: fine-material-sphere predominance is a condition for the associated aggregates and mind-originated forms by predominance condition. A phenomenon that is not of the fine-material sphere is a condition for a phenomenon that is not of the fine-material sphere by predominance condition: object-predominance, conascence-predominance. Object-predominance: giving (dāna) … virtue (sīla) … the uposatha observance (uposathakamma) … having esteemed [deeds] formerly well practised, one reviews them, relishes them, delights in them; having esteemed that, lust arises, view … Noble ones, having emerged from the path (magga), having esteemed the path … the fruition (phala) … having esteemed Nibbāna … Nibbāna is a condition for change-of-lineage (gotrabhū), for cleansing (vodāna), for the path, for the fruition by predominance condition. The eye (cakkhu) … the base (vatthu) … having esteemed aggregates that are not of the fine-material sphere, one relishes them, delights in them; having esteemed them, lust arises, view … Having esteemed the sphere of the infinity of space (ākāsānañcāyatana), one reviews it; having esteemed the sphere of neither-perception-nor-non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana), one reviews it. Conascence-predominance: predominance that is not of the fine-material sphere is a condition for the associated aggregates and mind-originated forms by predominance condition.

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

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