6. Analysis of Dependent Origination (VB6)

13. Exposition of Resultants Having Good Roots

What states are neither-good-nor-bad? At the time when having done, having accumulated good action characteristic of the plane of desire there arises resultant eye consciousness accompanied by indifference, having visible object; at that time because of good roots there is activity; because of activity there is consciousness; because of consciousness there is mind; because of mind there is the sixth base; because of the sixth base there is contact; because of contact there is feeling; because of feeling there is becoming; because of becoming there is birth; because of birth there is ageing and death. Thus is the arising of this whole mass of suffering.

Therein what is “because of good roots there is activity”? That which is volition, being volitional, state of being volitional. This is called “because of good roots there is activity”.* Therefore this is called “thus is the arising of this whole mass of suffering”.

* See paragraph 307.

What states are neither-good-nor-bad? At the time when having done, having accumulated good action characteristic of the plane of desire there arises resultant ear consciousness accompanied by indifference, having audible object,* there arises nose consciousness accompanied by indifference, having odorous object,* there arises tongue consciousness accompanied by indifference, having sapid object,* there arises body consciousness accompanied by pleasure, having tangible object,* there arises mind element accompanied by indifference, having visible object,*2 tangible object,* there arises mind-consciousness-element accompanied by mental pleasure, having visible object,*2 ideational object,* there arises mind-consciousness-element accompanied by indifference, having visible object,*2 ideational | object or is concerned with whatever (object); at that time because of good roots there is activity; because of activity there is consciousness; because of consciousness there is mind; because of mind there is the sixth base; because of the sixth base there is contact; because of contact there is feeling; because of feeling there is decision; because of decision there is becoming; because of becoming there is birth; because of birth there is ageing and death. Thus is the arising of this whole mass of suffering.

* Complete as final example.
*2 Intermediate sense objects.

What states are neither-good-nor-bad? At the time when having done, having accumulated good action characteristic of the plane of desire there arises resultant mind-consciousness-element accompanied by mental pleasure, associated with knowledge,* accompanied by mental pleasure, associated with knowledge, with instigation,* accompanied by mental pleasure, not associated with knowledge,* accompanied by mental pleasure, not associated with knowledge, with instigation,* accompanied by indifference, associated with knowledge,* accompanied by indifference, associated with knowledge, with instigation,* accompanied by indifference, not associated with knowledge,* accompanied by indifference, not associated with knowledge, with instigation, having visible object,*2 ideational object or is concerned with whatever (object); at that time because of good roots there is activity; because of activity there is consciousness; because of consciousness there is mind; because of mind there is the sixth base; because of the sixth base there is contact; because of contact there is feeling; because of feeling there is faith; because of faith there is decision; because of decision there is becoming; because of becoming there is birth; because of birth there is ageing and death. Thus is the arising of this whole mass of suffering.

* Complete as final example.
*2 Intermediate sense objects.

What states are neither-good-nor-bad? At the time when (a bhikkhu) develops the path for rebirth in the plane of form, he, aloof from sense pleasures,* attains and dwells in earth device first jhāna; at that time there is contact,*2 there is non-wavering. These states are good.

* 205.
*2 See Dhammasaṅgaṇī paragraph 1.

Having done, having accumulated that same good action characteristic of the plane of form, he, aloof from sense pleasures attains and dwells in resultant earth device first jhāna; at that time because of good roots there is activity; because of activity there is consciousness; because of consciousness there is mind; because of mind there is the sixth base; because of the sixth base there is contact; because of contact there is feeling; because of feeling there is faith; because of faith there is decision; because of decision there is becoming; because of becoming there is birth; because of birth there is ageing and death. Thus is the arising of this whole mass of suffering.

* See paragraph 205.

What states are neither-good-nor-bad? At the time when (a bhikkhu) develops the path for rebirth in the formless plane, he, having wholly passed the state of nothingness, having abandoned pleasure,* attains and dwells in the fourth jhāna accompanied by perception of the state that is neither perception nor non-perception; at that time there is contact,*2 there is non-wavering. These states are good.

* See paragraph 205.
*2 See Dhammasaṅgaṇī paragraph 1.

Having done, having accumulated that same good action characteristic of the formless plane, he, having wholly passed the state of nothingness, having abandoned pleasure,* attains and dwells in resultant fourth jhāna accompanied by perception of the state that is neither perception nor non-perception; at that time because of good roots there is activity; because of activity there is consciousness; because of consciousness there is mind; because of mind there is the sixth base; because of the sixth base there is contact; because of contact there is feeling; because of feeling there is faith; because of faith there is decision; because of decision there is becoming; because of becoming there is birth; because of birth there is ageing and death. Thus is the arising of this whole mass of suffering.

* See paragraph 205.

What states are neither-good-nor-bad? At the time when (a bhikkhu) develops supramundane jhāna tending to release, dispersive of continuing rebirth and death; he, for the abandoning of | wrong view, for the entering of the first stage, aloof from sense pleasures,* attains and dwells in the first jhāna that is hard practice and knowledge slowly acquired; at that time there is contact,*2 there is non-wavering. These states are good.

* 205.
*2 See Dhammasaṅgaṇī paragraph 277.

Having done, having developed that same good supramundane jhāna, he, aloof from sense pleasures,* attains and dwells in resultant first jhāna that is hard practice, knowledge slowly acquired and is empty; at that time because of good roots there is activity; because of activity there is consciousness; because of consciousness there is mind; because of mind there is the sixth base; because of the sixth base there is contact; because of contact there is feeling; because of feeling there is faith; because of faith there is decision; because of decision there is becoming; because of becoming there is birth; because of birth there is ageing and death. Thus is the arising of these states.

* See paragraph 205.

(Here Ends) Exposition of Resultants Having Good Roots

14. Exposition of Resultants Having Bad Roots

What states are neither-good-nor-bad? At the time when having done, having accumulated bad action there arises resultant eye consciousness accompanied by indifference, having visible object; at that time because of bad roots there is activity; because of activity there is consciousness; because of consciousness there is mind; because of mind there is the sixth base; because of the sixth base there is contact; because of contact there is feeling; because of feeling there is becoming; because of becoming there is birth; because of birth there is ageing and death. Thus is the arising of this whole mass of suffering.

Therein what is “because of bad roots there is activity”?

That which is volition, being volitional, state of being volitional. This is called “because of bad roots there is activity”.* Therefore this is called “thus is the arising of this whole mass of suffering”.

* See paragraph 307.

What states are neither-good-nor-bad? At the time when having done, having accumulated bad action there arises resultant ear consciousness accompanied by indifference, having audible object,* there arises nose consciousness accompanied by indifference, having odorous object,* there arises tongue consciousness accompanied by indifference, having sapid object,* there arises body consciousness accompanied by pain, having tangible object,* there arises mind element accompanied by indifference, having visible object,*2 tangible object or is concerned with whatever (object); at that time because of bad roots there is activity; because of activity there is consciousness; because of consciousness there is mind; because of mind there is the sixth base; because of the sixth base there is contact; because of contact there is feeling; because of feeling there is decision; because of decision there is becoming; because of becoming there is birth; because of birth there is ageing and death. Thus is the arising of this whole mass of suffering.

* Complete as final example.
*2 Intermediate sense objects.

What states are neither-good-nor-bad? At the time when having done, having accumulated bad action there arises resultant mind-consciousness-element accompanied by indifference, having visible object,* ideational object or is concerned with whatever (object); at that time because of bad roots there is activity; because of activity there is consciousness; because of consciousness there is mind; because of mind there is the sixth base; because of the sixth base there is contact; because of contact there is feeling; because of feeling there is decision; because of decision there is becoming; because of becoming there is birth; because of birth there is ageing and death. Thus is the arising of this whole mass of suffering.

* Intermediate sense objects.

Therein what is “because of bad roots there is activity”? That which is volition, being volitional, state of being volitional. This is called “because of bad roots there is activity”.

Therein what is “because of activity there is consciousness”? That which is consciousness, mind, ideation,* and, depending on the aforesaid, mind-consciousness-element. This is called “because of activity there is consciousness”.

* See paragraph 184.

Therein what is “because of consciousness there is mind”? The aggregate of feeling, aggregate of perception, aggregate of mental concomitants. This is called “because of consciousness there is mind”.

Therein what is “because of mind there is the sixth base”? That which is consciousness, mind, ideation,* and, depending on the aforesaid, mind-consciousness-element. This is called “because of mind there is the sixth base”.

* See paragraph 184.

Therein what is “because of the sixth base there is contact”? That which is contact, contacting, act of contacting, state of contacting. This is called “because of the sixth base there is contact”.

Therein what is “because of contact there is feeling”? That which is neither mental ease nor uneasiness, neither-painful-nor-pleasant experience born of mental contact, neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling born of mental contact. This is called “because of contact there is feeling”.

Therein what is “because of feeling there is decision”? That which is decision of consciousness, being decisive, state of decision of that (consciousness). This is called “because of feeling there is decision”.

Therein what is “because of decision there is becoming”? With the exception of decision (it is) the aggregate of feeling, aggregate of perception, aggregate of mental concomitants, aggregate of consciousness. This is called “because of decision there is becoming”.

Therein what is “because of becoming there is birth”? That which for this or that state is birth, genesis, existence, full existence, appearance. This is called “because of becoming there is birth”.

Therein what is “because of birth there is ageing and death”? There is ageing; there is death. Therein what is ageing? That which for this or that state is ageing, decrepitude, the dwindling of life. This is called ageing.

Therein what is death? That which for this or that state is destruction, decay, breaking up, disintegration, impermanence, disappearance. This is called death. Thus is this ageing and this death. This is called “because of birth there is ageing and death”.

“Thus is the arising of this whole mass of suffering” means: | Thus is the combination, the assemblage, the collocation, the appearance of this whole mass of suffering. Therefore this is called “thus is the arising of this whole mass of suffering”.

(Here Ends) Exposition of Resultants Having Bad Roots

(Here Ends) Analysis According to Abhidhamma

Analysis of Dependent Origination is Ended

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