10. Triplet of (State) Leading to Rebirth and Death (PATTHANA1.11)

Prenascence 3

State leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by prenascence condition.
(It is of two kinds, namely:) (a) object-prenascence, (b) base-prenascence.

Object-prenascence: The Arahat … eye … practises insight into the impermanence, suffering and impersonality of the (heart-)base. (The Arahat), by the power of divine-eye, sees a visible object. By the power of divine-ear element, (He) hears a sound. Visible object-base to eye-consciousness … tangible object-base is related to body-consciousness by prenascence condition.

Base-prenascence: Eye-base to eye-consciousness … body-base to body-consciousness … (heart-)base is related to aggregates leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by prenascence condition. (1)

State leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is related to state leading to rebirth and death by prenascence condition.
(It is of two kinds, namely:) (a) object-prenascence, (b) base-prenascence.

Object-prenascence: Learners or common worldlings … eye … practise insight into the impermanence, suffering and impersonality of the (heart-)base; enjoy and delight in it. Taking it as object, arises lust … arises grief. By the power of divine-eye, (one) sees a visible object. By the power of divine-ear element, (one) hears a sound.

Base-prenascence: (Heart-)base is related to aggregates leading to rebirth and death by prenascence condition. (2)

State leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is | related to state leading to Nibbāna by prenascence condition.
Base-prenascence: (Heart-)base is related to aggregates leading to Nibbāna by prenascence condition. (3)

Postnascence 3

State leading to rebirth and death is related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by postnascence condition.
Postnascent aggregates leading to rebirth and death are related to this prenascent body by postnascence condition. (1)

State leading to Nibbāna is related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by postnascence condition.
Postnascent aggregates leading to Nibbāna are related to this prenascent body by postnascence condition. (1)

State leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by postnascence condition.
Postnascent aggregates leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna are related to this prenascent body by postnascence condition. (1)

Repetition 3

State leading to rebirth and death is related to state leading to rebirth and death by repetition condition.
Preceding aggregates leading to rebirth and death are related to subsequent aggregates leading to rebirth and death by repetition condition.
Adaptation to change-of-lineage; adaptation is related to purification by repetition condition. (1)

State leading to rebirth and death is related to state leading to Nibbāna by repetition condition.
Change-of-lineage to Path; purification is related to Path by repetition condition. (2)

State leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by repetition condition.
Preceding aggregates leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna are related to subsequent aggregates leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by repetition condition. (1)

Kamma 7

State leading to rebirth and death is related to state leading to rebirth and death by kamma condition.
Volition leading to rebirth and death is related to (its) associated aggregates by kamma condition. (1)

State leading to rebirth and death is related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by kamma condition.
(It is of two kinds, namely:) (a) conascence(-kamma), (b) asynchronous (kamma).

Conascent volition leading to rebirth and death is related to mind-produced matter by kamma condition.

Asynchronous volition leading to rebirth and death is related to (its) resultant aggregates and kamma-produced matter by kamma condition. (2)

State leading to rebirth and death is related to state leading to rebirth and death and leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by kamma condition.
Volition leading to rebirth and death is related to (its) associated aggregates and mind-produced matter by kamma condition. (3)

State leading to Nibbāna is related to state leading to Nibbāna by kamma condition.
Volition leading to Nibbāna is related to (its) associated aggregates by kamma condition. (1)

State leading to Nibbāna is related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by kamma condition.
(It is of two kinds, namely:) (a) conascence(-kamma), (b) asynchronous (kamma).

Conascent volition leading to Nibbāna is related to mind-produced matter by kamma condition.

Asynchronous volition leading to Nibbāna is related to (its) resultant aggregates by kamma condition. (2)

State leading to Nibbāna is related to state leading to Nibbāna and leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by kamma condition.
Volition leading to Nibbāna is related to (its) associated aggregates and mind-produced matter by kamma condition. (3)

State leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by | kamma condition.

Volition leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is related to (its) associated aggregates and mind-produced matter by kamma condition.

At the moment of conception, volition leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is related to (its) associated aggregates and kamma-produced matter by kamma condition. (1)

Resultant 1

State leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by resultant condition.

One resultant aggregate leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna to three aggregates …

At the moment of conception … aggregates are related to (heart-)base by resultant condition. (1)

Nutriment, etc.

State leading to rebirth and death is related to state leading to rebirth and death by nutriment condition … by faculty condition … by jhāna condition … by path condition … by association condition …

Dissociation 5

State leading to rebirth and death is related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by dissociation condition.
(It is of two kinds, namely:) (a) conascence, (b) postnascence.

Conascent aggregates leading to rebirth and death are related to mind-produced matter by dissociation condition.

Postnascent aggregates leading to rebirth and death are related to this prenascent body by dissociation condition. (1)

State leading to Nibbāna is related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by dissociation condition.
(It is of two kinds, namely:) (a) conascence, (b) postnascence.

Conascent aggregates leading to Nibbāna are related to mind-produced matter by dissociation condition.

Postnascent aggregates leading to Nibbāna are related to this prenascent body by dissociation condition. (1)

State leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by | dissociation condition.
(It is of three kinds, namely:) (a) conascence, (b) prenascence, (c) postnascence.

Conascent aggregates leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna are related to mind-produced matter by dissociation condition.

At the moment of conception, aggregates leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna are related to kamma-produced matter by dissociation condition; aggregates are related to (heart-)base by dissociation condition; (heart-)base is related to aggregates by dissociation condition.

Prenascent eye-base to eye-consciousness … body-base to body-consciousness … (heart-)base is related to aggregates leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by dissociation condition.

Postnascent aggregates leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna to this prenascent body … (1)

State leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is related to state leading to rebirth and death by dissociation condition.
Prenascent (heart-)base is related to aggregates leading to rebirth and death by dissociation condition. (2)

State leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is related to state leading to Nibbāna by dissociation condition.
Prenascent (heart-)base is related to aggregates leading to Nibbāna by dissociation condition. (3)

Presence 13, etc.

i. State leading to rebirth and death is related to state leading to rebirth and death by presence condition.
One aggregate leading to rebirth and death to three aggregates … (1)

ii. State leading to rebirth and death is related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by presence condition.
(It is of two kinds, namely:) (a) conascence, (b) postnascence.

Conascent aggregates leading to rebirth and death are related to mind-produced matter by presence condition.

Postnascent aggregates leading to rebirth and death are related to this prenascent body by presence condition. (2)

iii. State leading to rebirth and death is related to state leading to rebirth and death and leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by presence condition.
One aggregate leading to rebirth and death is related to three aggregates and mind-produced matter by presence condition … two aggregates … (3)

iv.–vi. State leading to Nibbāna … three. (Do according to the method of “leading to rebirth and death” .)

vii. State leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by presence condition.
(It is of five kinds, namely:) (a) conascence, (b) prenascence, (c) postnascence, (d) nutriment, (e) faculty.

One conascent aggregate leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is related to three aggregates and mind-produced matter by presence condition … two aggregates …

At the moment of conception … aggregates are related to (heart-)base by presence condition; (heart-)base is related to aggregates by presence condition;

One great primary … External … nutriment-produced … temperature-produced … non-percipient beings …

(Object-)prenascence: The Arahat … eye … practises insight into the impermanence, suffering and impersonality of the (heart-)base. (The Arahat), by the power of divine-eye, sees a visible object. By the power of divine-ear element, (He) hears a sound. Visible object-base to eye-consciousness … tangible object-base to body-consciousness …
(Base-)prenascence: Eye-base to eye-consciousness … body-base to body-consciousness … (heart-)base is related to aggregates leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by presence condition.

Postnascent aggregates leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna are related to this prenascent body by presence condition.

Edible food to this body …

Physical life-faculty to kamma-produced matter … (1)

viii. State leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is related to state leading to rebirth and death by presence condition.
(Object-)prenascence: Learners or common worldlings practise insight into the impermanence, suffering and impersonality of the eye; enjoy and delight in it. Taking it as object, arises lust … arises grief … ear … practise insight into the impermanence … of the (heart-) base; enjoy and delight in it. Taking it as object, arises lust … arises grief. By the power of divine-eye, (one) sees a visible object. By the power of divine-ear element, (one) hears a sound.
(Base-) prenascence: (Heart-)base is related to aggregates leading to rebirth and death by presence condition. (2)

ix. State leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is related to state leading to Nibbāna by presence condition.
(Base-)prenascence: (Heart-)base is related to aggregates leading to Nibbāna by presence condition. (3)

x. States leading to rebirth and death and leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna are related to state leading to rebirth and death by presence condition.
Conascence-prenascence: One conascent aggregate leading to rebirth and death and (heart-)base are related to three aggregates by presence condition … two aggregates … (1)

xi. States leading to rebirth and death and leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna are related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by presence condition.
(It is of three kinds, namely:) (a) conascence, (b) postnascence-nutriment, (c) (postnascence-)faculty.

Conascent aggregates leading to rebirth and death and great primaries are related to mind-produced matter by presence condition.

Postnascent aggregates leading to rebirth and death and edible food are related to this body by presence condition.

Postnascent aggregates leading to rebirth and death and physical life-faculty are related to kamma-produced matter by presence condition. (2)

xii.–xiii. States leading to Nibbāna and leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna are related to state leading to Nibbāna by presence condition. (Do two by the method shown above.)
… by absence condition … by disappearance condition … by non-disappearance condition …

1. Conditions: Positive—(ii) Enumeration Chapter

By Ones

With root 7, object 7, predominance 10, proximity 6, contiguity 6, conascence 9, mutuality 3, dependence 13, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, repetition 3, kamma 7, resultant 1, nutriment 7, faculty 7, jhāna 7, path 7, association 3, dissociation 5, presence 13, absence 6, disappearance 6, non-disappearance 13. (Enumerate thus.)

End of Positive

2. Selection of the Conditions For Negative 15

State leading to rebirth and death is related to state leading to rebirth and death by object condition, conascence condition, strong-dependence condition. (1)

State leading to rebirth and death is related to state leading to Nibbāna by strong-dependence condition. (2)

State leading to rebirth and death is related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by object condition, conascence condition, strong-dependence condition, postnascence condition, kamma condition. (3)

State leading to rebirth and death is related to state leading to rebirth and death and leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by conascence condition. (4)

State leading to Nibbāna is related to state leading to Nibbāna by conascence condition, strong-dependence condition. (1)

State leading to Nibbāna is related to state leading to rebirth and death by object condition, strong-dependence condition. (2)

State leading to Nibbāna is related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by object condition, conascence condition, strong-dependence condition, postnascence condition. (3)

State leading to Nibbāna is related to state leading to Nibbāna and leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by conascence condition. (4)

State leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by object condition, conascence condition, strong-dependence condition, prenascence condition, postnascence condition, nutriment condition, faculty condition. (1)

State leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is related to state leading to rebirth and death by object condition, strong-dependence condition, prenascence condition. (2)

State leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna is related to state leading to Nibbāna by strong-dependence condition, prenascence condition. (3)

States leading to rebirth and death and leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna are related to state leading to rebirth and death by conascence-prenascence. (1)

States leading to rebirth and death and leading neither to | rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna are related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by conascence, postnascence-nutriment-faculty. (2)

States leading to Nibbāna and leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna are related to state leading to Nibbāna by conascence-prenascence. (1)

States leading to Nibbāna and leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna are related to state leading neither to rebirth and death nor to Nibbāna by conascence, postnascence-nutriment-faculty. (2)

2. Conditions: Negative—(ii) Enumeration Chapter

By Ones

With not-root 15, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity 15, not-conascence 11, not-mutuality 11, not-dependence 11, not-strong-dependence 14 (na upanissaya cuddassa), not-prenascence 13, not-postnascence 15, not-repetition, not-kamma, not-resultant, not-nutriment, not-faculty, not-jhāna, not-path 15, not-association 11, not-dissociation 9, not-presence 9, not-absence 15, not-disappearance 15, not-non-disappearance 9. (Enumerate thus.)

End of Negative

3. Conditions: Positive-Negative

Root By Twos

With root condition, not-object 7, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity 7, not-mutuality 3, not-strong-dependence 7, not-prenascence, not-postnascence, not-repetition, not-kamma, not-resultant, not-nutriment, not-faculty, not-jhāna, not-path 7, not-association 3, not-dissociation 3, not-absence 7, not-disappearance 7. (Enumerate thus.)

End of Positive-Negative

4. Conditions: Negative-Positive

Not-root By Twos

With not-root condition, object 7, predominance 10, proximity 6, contiguity 6, conascence 9, mutuality 3, dependence 13, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, repetition 3, kamma 7, resultant | 1, nutriment 7, faculty, jhāna, path 7, association 3, dissociation 5, presence 13, absence 6, disappearance 6, non-disappearance 13. (Enumerate thus.)

End of Negative-Positive

End of triplet of (State) Leading to Rebirth and Death

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