Hetudukavitakkattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (5) · Vol. 44 · Section 304

[304] Dependent on a phenomenon (dhamma) that is a root (hetu) and is without thought-conception and discursive thought (avitakka-avicāra), there arises a phenomenon that is not a root and is without thought-conception and discursive thought — not by way of object condition (na-ārammaṇa-paccaya). Dependent on a phenomenon that is not a root and is without thought-conception and discursive thought, there arises a phenomenon that is not a root and is without thought-conception and discursive thought — not by way of object condition. Dependent on a phenomenon that is a root and is without thought-conception and discursive thought, and on a phenomenon that is not a root and is without thought-conception and discursive thought, there arises a phenomenon that is not a root and is without thought-conception and discursive thought — not by way of object condition.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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