Naniyyānikaduka

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (4) · Vol. 43 · Section 831

[831] An emancipating phenomenon (niyyānika dhamma) is a condition for a non-emancipating phenomenon (aniyyānika dhamma) by immediacy condition (anantara-paccaya): The path (magga) is a condition for fruition (phala) by immediacy condition. A non-emancipating phenomenon is a condition for a non-emancipating phenomenon by immediacy condition: Each preceding group of non-emancipating aggregates (khandhā) is a condition for each subsequent group of non-emancipating aggregates by immediacy condition. Conformity (anuloma) is a condition for change-of-lineage (gotrabhū), and for cleansing (vodāna); fruition is a condition for fruition; conformity is a condition for the attainment of fruition (phalasamāpatti); for one emerging from cessation (nirodha), the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana) is a condition for the attainment of fruition by immediacy condition. A non-emancipating phenomenon is a condition for an emancipating phenomenon by immediacy condition: Change-of-lineage is a condition for the path; cleansing is a condition for the path by immediacy condition. … is a condition by contiguity condition (samanantara-paccaya). Is a condition by connascence condition (sahajāta-paccaya): five. Is a condition by mutuality condition (aññamañña-paccaya): two. Is a condition by dependence condition (nissaya-paccaya): seven.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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