1. Faultless Triplet (PATTHANA1.2)

Absence, Disappearance

By Twos

With absence condition, not-root 7 … with disappearance condition, not-root 7 …

(Absence and disappearance conditions are also the same as proximity condition.)

Non-disappearance

By Twos

With non-disappearance condition, not-root 13 …

(Non-disappearance condition should be expanded in the same way as presence condition.)

End of Positive-Negative of “Investigation” Chapter

4. Conditions: Negative-Positive

Not-root

By Twos

With not-root condition, object (condition) 9, predominance 10, proximity 7, contiguity 7, 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 7, disappearance 7, non-disappearance 13.

By Threes

With not-root and not-object conditions, predominance 7, proximity 7, contiguity 7, 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 7, disappearance 7, non-disappearance 13.

By Fours

With not-root, not-object and not-predominance conditions, proximity 7, contiguity 7, 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 7, disappearance 7, non-disappearance 13. …

By Sixes

With not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, and not-contiguity conditions, conascence 9, mutuality 3, dependence 13, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, kamma 7, resultant 1, nutriment 7, faculty 7, jhāna 7, path 7, association 3, dissociation 5, presence 13, non-disappearance 13.

By Sevens

With not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity and not-conascence conditions, dependence 3, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 5, presence 7, non-disappearance 7.

By Eights

With not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity, not-conascence and not-mutuality conditions, dependence 3, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 5, presence 7, non-disappearance 7.

By Nines

With not-root, not-object … not-mutuality and not-dependence conditions, strong-dependence 9, postnascence 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 3, presence 5, non-disappearance 5. …

By Elevens

With not-root, not-object (Conditions abbreviated), not-dependence, not-strong-dependence and not-prenascence conditions, postnascence 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 3, presence 5, non-disappearance 5.

By Twelves

With not-root, not-object (Conditions abbreviated), not-strong-dependence, not-prenascence and not-postnascence conditions, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, presence 1, non-disappearance 1. …

By Sixteens (with nutriment)

With not-root, not-object (Conditions abbreviated), not-postnascence, not-repetition, not-kamma, not-resultant and not-nutriment conditions, faculty 1, presence 1, non-disappearance 1. …

By Twenty-twos

With not-root, not-object (Conditions abbreviated), not-nutriment, not-jhāna, not-path, not-association, not-dissociation, not-absence and not-disappearance conditions, faculty 1, presence 1, non-disappearance 1.

By Sixteens (with faculty)

With not-root, not-object (Conditions abbreviated), not-resultant and not-faculty conditions, nutriment 1, presence 1, non-disappearance 1. …

By Twenty-twos (with faculty)

With not-root, not-object (Conditions abbreviated), not-faculty, not-jhāna, not-path, not-association, not-dissociation, not-absence and not-disappearance conditions, nutriment 1, presence 1, non-disappearance 1.

End of Not-root

Not-object

By Twos

With not-object condition, root 7, predominance 7, proximity 7, contiguity 7, 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 7, disappearance 7, non-disappearance 13. …

By Eights

With not-object, not-root, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity, not-conascence and not-mutuality conditions, dependence 3, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 5, presence 7, non-disappearance 7. …

End of Not-object

Not-predominance

By Twos

With not-predominance condition, root 7, object 9 …

(Expand in the same way as not-root condition.)

End of Not-predominance

Not-proximity, Not-contiguity

By Twos

With not-proximity condition … with not-contiguity condition, root 7, object 9, predominance 10, conascence 9, mutuality 3, dependence 13, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, kamma 7, resultant 1, nutriment 7, faculty 7, jhāna 7, path 7, association 3, dissociation 5, presence 13, non-disappearance 13. …

By Eights

With not-contiguity, not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-conascence and not-mutuality conditions, dependence 3, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 5, presence 7, non-disappearance 7. … (Abbreviated.)

End of Not-contiguity

Not-conascence

By Twos

With not-conascence condition, object 9, predominance 7, proximity 7, contiguity 7, dependence 3, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, repetition 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 5, presence 7, absence 7, disappearance 7, non-disappearance 7. …

By Fives

With not-conascence, not-root, not-object and not-predominance conditions, proximity 7, contiguity 7, dependence 3, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, repetition 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 5, presence 7, absence 7, disappearance 7, non-disappearance 7. …

By Nines

With not-conascence, not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity, not-mutuality and not-dependence conditions, strong-dependence 9, postnascence 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 3, presence 5, non-disappearance 5. … (Abbreviated.)

End of Not-conascence

Not-mutuality

By Twos

With not-mutuality condition, root 3, object 9, predominance 8, proximity 7, contiguity 7, conascence 5, dependence 7, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, repetition 3, kamma 3, resultant 1, nutriment 3, faculty 3, jhāna 3, path 3, dissociation 5, presence 7, absence 7, disappearance 7, non-disappearance 7. …

By Fours

With not-mutuality, not-root and not-object conditions, predominance 3, proximity 7, contiguity 7, conascence 5, dependence 7, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, repetition 3, kamma 3, resultant 1, nutriment 3, faculty 3, jhāna 3, path 3, dissociation 5, presence 7, absence 7, disappearance 7, non-disappearance 7. …

By Eights

With not-mutuality, not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity and not-conascence conditions, dependence 3, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 5, presence 7, non-disappearance 7. … (Abbreviated.)

End of Not-mutuality

Not-dependence

By Twos

With not-dependence condition, object 9, predominance 7, proximity 7, contiguity 7, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, | postnascence 3, repetition 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 3, presence 7, absence 7, disappearance 7, non-disappearance 7. …

By Fives

With not-dependence, not-root, not-object and not-predominance conditions, proximity 7, contiguity 7, strong-dependence 9, postnascence 3, repetition 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 3, presence 5, absence 7, disappearance 7, non-disappearance 5. …

By Nines

With not-dependence, not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity, not-conascence and not-mutuality conditions, strong-dependence 9, postnascence 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 3, presence 5, non-disappearance 5. … (Abbreviated.)

End of Not-dependence

Not-strong-dependence

By Twos

With not-strong-dependence condition, root 7, object 9, predominance 7, conascence 9, mutuality 3, dependence 13, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, kamma 7, resultant 1, nutriment 7, faculty 7, jhāna 7, path 7, association 3, dissociation 5, presence 13, non-disappearance 13. …

By Eights

With not-strong-dependence, not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity and not-conascence conditions, dependence 3, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 5, presence 7, non-disappearance 7. … (Abbreviated.)

End of Not-strong-dependence

Not-prenascence

By Twos

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

By Fours

With not-prenascence, not-root and not-object conditions, predominance 7, proximity 7, contiguity 7, conascence 9, mutuality 3, dependence 9, strong-dependence 9, postnascence 3, repetition 3, kamma 7, resultant 1, nutriment 7, faculty 7, jhāna 7, path 7, association 3, dissociation 3, presence 9, absence 7, disappearance 7, non-disappearance 9. …

By Nines

With not-prenascence, not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity, not-conascence and not-mutuality conditions, strong-dependence 9, postnascence 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 3, presence 5, non-disappearance 5. … (Abbreviated.)

End of Not-prenascence

Not-postnascence

By Twos

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

By Nines

With not-postnascence, not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity, not-conascence and not-mutuality conditions, dependence 3, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 3, presence 3, non-disappearance 3.

By Tens

With not-postnascence, not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity, not-conascence, not-mutuality and not-dependence conditions, strong-dependence 9, | kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, presence 1, non-disappearance 1. … (Abbreviated.

End of Not-postnascence

Not-repetition

By Twos

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

By Nines

With not-repetition, not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity, not-conascence and not-mutuality conditions, dependence 3, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 5, presence 7, non-disappearance 7. … (Abbreviated.)

End of Not-repetition

Not-kamma

By Twos

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

By Nines

With not-kamma, not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity, not-conascence and not-mutuality conditions, dependence 3, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 5, presence 7, non-disappearance 7. … (Abbreviated.)

End of Not-kamma

Not-resultant

By Twos

With not-resultant condition, root 7 … non-disappearance 13.

(Expand in the same way as not-root condition.)

End of Not-resultant

Not-nutriment

By Twos

With not-nutriment condition, root 7, object 9, predominance 10, proximity 7, contiguity 7, conascence 9, mutuality 3, dependence 13, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, repetition 3, kamma 2, resultant 1, faculty 7, jhāna 7, path 7, association 3, dissociation 5, presence 13, absence 7, disappearance 7, non-disappearance 13. …

By Fours

With not-nutriment, not-root and not-object conditions, predominance 7, proximity 7, contiguity 7, conascence 9, mutuality 3, dependence 13, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, repetition 3, kamma 2, resultant 1, faculty 7, jhāna 7, path 7, association 3, dissociation 5, presence 13, absence 7, disappearance 7, non-disappearance 13. …

By Twenty-twos

With not-nutriment, not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity … not-kamma, not-resultant, not-jhāna, not-path, not-association, not-dissociation, not-absence and not-disappearance conditions, faculty 1, presence 1, non-disappearance 1 (Abbreviated).

End of Not-nutriment

Not-faculty

By Twos

With not-faculty condition, root 7, object 9 … non-disappearance 13. … (With not-faculty condition, kamma there are seven questions.)

By Twenty-twos

With not-faculty, not-root, not-object (Conditions abbreviated), not-resultant, not-jhāna, not-path, not-association, not-dissociation, not-absence and not-disappearance conditions, nutriment 1, presence 1, non-disappearance 1. (The same as not root condition. Abbreviated.)

End of Not-faculty

Not-jhāna

By Twos

With not-jhāna condition, root 7, object 9 … non-disappearance 13.

(Expand not-jhāna condition in the same way as not-root condition.)

End of Not-jhāna

Not-path

By Twos

With not-path condition, root 7 … non-disappearance 13.

(Expand in the same way as not-root condition.)

End of Not-path

Not-association

By Twos

With not-association condition, root 3, object 9, predominance 8, proximity 7, contiguity 7, conascence 5, mutuality 1, dependence 7, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, repetition 3, kamma 3, resultant 1, nutriment 3, faculty 3, jhāna 3, path 3, dissociation 5, presence 7, absence 7, disappearance 7, non-disappearance 7. …

By Fours

With not-association, not-root and not-object conditions, predominance 3, proximity 7, contiguity 7, conascence 5, mutuality 1, dependence 7, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, repetition 3, kamma 3, resultant 1, nutriment 3, | faculty 3, jhāna 3, path 3, dissociation 5, presence 7, absence 7, disappearance 7, non-disappearance 7. …

By Nines

With not-association, not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity, not-conascence and not-mutuality conditions, dependence 3, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, postnascence 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 5, presence 7, non-disappearance 7.

By Tens

With not-association, not-root (Conditions abbreviated), not-conascence, not-mutuality and not-dependence conditions, strong-dependence 9, postnascence 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 3, presence 5, non-disappearance 5. …

By Twelves

With not-association, not-root (Conditions abbreviated), not-dependence, not-strong-dependence and not-prenascence conditions, postnascence 3, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, dissociation 3, presence 5, non-disappearance 5. … (Abbreviated.)

End of Not-association

Not-dissociation

By Twos

With not-dissociation condition, root 3, object 9, predominance 7, proximity 7, contiguity 7, conascence 3, mutuality 3, dependence 3, strong-dependence 9, prenascence 3, repetition 3, kamma 5, resultant 1, nutriment 3, faculty 3, jhāna 3, path 3, association 3, presence 5, absence 7, disappearance 7, non-disappearance 5. …

By Fours

With not-dissociation, not-root and not-object conditions, predominance 3, proximity 7, contiguity 7, conascence 3, mutuality 3, dependence 3, strong-dependence 9, repetition 3, kamma 5, resultant 1, nutriment 3, faculty 3, jhāna 3, path 3, association 3, presence 3, absence 7, disappearance 7, non-disappearance 3. …

By Sevens

With not-dissociation, not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity and not-contiguity conditions, conascence 3, mutuality 3, dependence 3, strong-dependence 9, kamma 5, resultant 1, nutriment 3, faculty 3, jhāna 3, path 3, association 3, presence 3, non-disappearance 3. …

By Nines

With not-dissociation, not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity, not-conascence and not-mutuality conditions, strong-dependence 9, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, presence 1, non-disappearance 1. …

By Elevens

With not-dissociation, not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity, not-conascence, not-mutuality, not-dependence and not-strong-dependence conditions, kamma 2, nutriment 1, faculty 1, presence 1, non-disappearance 1. …

By Fifteens

With not-dissociation, not-root (Conditions abbreviated), and not-kamma conditions, nutriment 1, faculty 1, presence 1, non-disappearance 1. …

By Seventeens (with nutriment)

With not-dissociation, not-root … not-kamma, not-resultant and not-nutriment conditions, faculty 1, presence 1, non-disappearance 1. …

By Twenty-twos

With not-dissociation, not-root (Conditions abbreviated), not-nutriment, not-jhāna, not-path, not-association, not-absence and not-disappearance conditions, faculty 1, presence 1, non-disappearance 1.

By Seventeens (with faculty)

With not-dissociation, not-root (Conditions abbreviated), not-resultant and not-faculty conditions, nutriment 1, presence 1, non-disappearance 1. …

By Twenty-twos

With not-dissociation, not-root (Conditions abbreviated), not-faculty, not-jhāna, not-path, not-association, not-absence and not-disappearance conditions, nutriment 1, presence 1, non-disappearance 1.

End of Not-dissociation

Not-presence

By Twos

With not-presence condition, object 9, predominance 7, proximity 7, contiguity 7, strong-dependence 9, repetition 3, kamma 2, absence 7, disappearance 7. …

By Fours

With not-presence, not-root and not-object conditions, proximity 7, contiguity 7, strong-dependence 9, repetition 3, kamma 2, absence 7, disappearance 7. …

By Sevens

With not-presence, not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity and not-contiguity conditions, strong-dependence 9, kamma 2. …

By Eleven (with strong-dependence)

With not-presence, not-root … not-dependence and not-strong-dependence conditions, kamma 2. …

By Twenty-four (with strong-dependence)

With not-presence, not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity, not-conascence, not-mutuality, not-dependence, not-strong-dependence, not-prenascence, not-postnascence, not-repetition, not-resultant, not-nutriment, not-faculty, not-jhāna, not-path, not-association, not-dissociation, not-absence, not-disappearance and not-non-disappearance conditions, kamma 2.

By Fourteen (with kamma)

With not-presence, not-root … not-dependence, not-prenascence, not-postnascence, not-repetition and not-kamma conditions, strong-dependence 9. …

By Twenty-four (with kamma)

With not-presence, not-root, not-object, not-predominance, not-proximity, not-contiguity, not-conascence, not-mutuality, not-dependence, not-prenascence, not-postnascence, not-repetition, not-kamma, not-resultant, not-nutriment, not-faculty, not-jhāna, not-path, not-association, not-dissociation, not-absence, not-disappearance and not-non-disappearance conditions, strong-dependence 9.

End of Not-presence

Not-absence

By Twos

With not-absence condition, root 7 … non-disappearance 13.

(Expand in the same way as not-root condition.)

End of Not-absence

Not-disappearance

By Twos

With not-disappearance condition, root 7 … non-disappearance 13.

(Expand in the same way as not-root condition.)

End of Not-disappearance

Not-non-disappearance

By Twos

With not-non-disappearance condition, object 9 … absence 7, disappearance 7.

(Expand in the same way as not-presence condition.)

End of Not-non-disappearance

End of Negative-Positive of “Investigation” Chapter

End of Faultless Triplet

Translated from the Pāḷi by U Nārada Mūla Paṭṭhāna Sayadaw.

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