Arūpāvacaraduka

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (4) · Vol. 43 · Section 806

[806] A phenomenon (dhamma) of the formless sphere (arūpāvacara) is a condition for a phenomenon of the formless sphere by presence condition (atthi-paccaya): conascence (sahajāta). A phenomenon of the formless sphere is a condition for a phenomenon that is not of the formless sphere by presence condition: conascence, postnascence (pacchājāta). A phenomenon of the formless sphere is a condition for a phenomenon of the formless sphere and a phenomenon that is not of the formless sphere by presence condition: conascence. A phenomenon that is not of the formless sphere is a condition for a phenomenon that is not of the formless sphere by presence condition: conascence, prenascence (purejāta), postnascence, nutriment (āhāra), faculty (indriya). A phenomenon that is not of the formless sphere is a condition for a phenomenon of the formless sphere by presence condition: prenascence: the base (vatthu) is a condition for the aggregates (khandha) of the formless sphere by presence condition. A phenomenon of the formless sphere and a phenomenon that is not of the formless sphere are a condition for a phenomenon of the formless sphere by presence condition: conascence, prenascence. Conascent: one aggregate of the formless sphere and the base are a condition for the three aggregates by presence condition; two aggregates … . A phenomenon of the formless sphere and a phenomenon that is not of the formless sphere are a condition for a phenomenon that is not of the formless sphere by presence condition: conascence, postnascence, nutriment, faculty. Conascent: the aggregates of the formless sphere and the primary elements (mahābhūta) are a condition for the mind-originated forms (cittasamuṭṭhāna-rūpa) by presence condition. Postnascent: the aggregates of the formless sphere and edible nutriment (kabaḷīkāra āhāra) are a condition for this body by presence condition. Postnascent: the aggregates of the formless sphere and the material life-faculty (rūpa-jīvitindriya) are a condition for the kamma-born forms (kaṭattā-rūpa) by presence condition. … 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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

This passage also appears in 5 other places