Hetudukadassanattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (5) · Vol. 44 · Section 384

[384] A phenomenon (dhamma) that is a root (hetu) and is to be abandoned by mental development (bhāvanā) is a condition for a phenomenon that is a root and is to be abandoned by mental development, by way of object condition (ārammaṇa-paccaya).

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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