The Discourse on Elements

2.11. Associated with, and Dissociated from, the Classified

8 Questions and Answers

Msdiv 409Origin truth is classified with these states; Path truth is classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

With how many aggregates, with how many bases and with how many elements are those states associated? They are associated with 3 aggregates, with 1 base and with 7 elements; partially associated with 1 aggregate, with 1 base and with 1 element.

From how many are those states dissociated? They are dissociated from 1 aggregate, from 10 bases and from 10 elements; partially dissociated from 1 base and from 1 element (2).

Msdiv 410Female faculty; Male faculty is classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

With how many aggregates, with how many bases and with how many elements are those states associated? With none.

From how many are those states dissociated? They are dissociated from 4 aggregates, from 1 base and from 7 elements; partially dissociated from 1 base and from 1 element (2).

Msdiv 411Bodily pleasure faculty; Bodily pain faculty; Mental joy faculty; Grief faculty is classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element. … They are associated with 3 aggregates, with 1 base and with 7 elements; partially associated with 1 base and with 1 element.

From how many are those states dissociated? They are dissociated from 1 aggregate, from 10 bases and from 10 elements; partially dissociated from 1 base and from 1 element (4).

Msdiv 412Indifference faculty is classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element. They are associated with 3 aggregates, with 1 base and with 2 elements; partially associated with 1 base and with 1 element.

From how many are those states dissociated? They are dissociated from 1 aggregate, from 10 bases and from 15 elements; partially dissociated from 1 base and from 1 element (1).

Msdiv 413Faith faulty; Energy faculty; Mindfulness faculty; Concentration faculty; Wisdom faculty; I-shall-know-what-I-did-not-know faculty; Higher realization faculty; He-who-has-known faculty; Ignorance; Conditioned by ignorance, Formations; Conditioned by 6 bases, Contact; Conditioned by feeling, Craving; Conditioned by craving, Clinging; Kamma becoming is classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element. They are associated with 3 aggregates, with 1 base and with 7 elements; partially associated with 1 aggregate, with 1 base and with 1 element.

From how many are those states dissociated? They are dissociated from 1 aggregate, from 10 bases and from 10 elements; partially dissociated from 1 base and from 1 element (14).

Msdiv 414Lamentation is classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

With how many aggregates, with how many bases and with how many elements are those states associated? With none.

From how many are those states dissociated? They are dissociated from 4 aggregates, from 1 base and from 7 elements; partially dissociated from 1 base and from 1 element (1).

Msdiv 415Sorrow; Suffering; Grief is classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

They are associated with 3 aggregates, with 1 base and with 7 elements; partially associated with 1 base and with 1 element.

From how many are those states dissociated? They are dissociated from 1 aggregate, from 10 bases and from 10 elements; partially dissociated from 1 base and from 1 element (3).

Msdiv 416Despair; Application of Mindfulness; Great Effort; Illimitables; 5 Faculties; 5 Strengths; 7 Factors of Enlightenment; Noble Eightfold Path; Contact; Volition; Decision; Attention; States which are roots; States which are roots and also have associated roots; States which are roots and also associated with roots; States which are cankers; States which are both cankers and objects of cankers; States which are both cankers and associated with cankers; States which are fetters … States which are ties … States which are floods … States which are bonds … States which are hindrances … States which are misapprehensions … States which are clinging … States which are corruptions; States which are both corruptions and objects of corruptions; States which are both corruptions and corrupt; States which are both corruptions and associated with corruptions are classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

With how many aggregates, with how many bases and with how many elements are those states associated? They are associated with 3 aggregates, with 1 base and with 7 elements; partially associated with 1 aggregate, with 1 base and with 1 element.

From how many are those states dissociated? They are dissociated from 1 aggregate, from 10 bases and from 10 elements; partially dissociated from 1 base and from 1 element (42).

Two truths, fifteen faculties, eleven dependent originations, Next eleven, thirty kinds belonging to clusters.

Two truths, fifteen faculties, eleven dependent originations, Next eleven, thirty kinds belonging to clusters.

Discourse on Elements, The Third Book of the Abhidhamma Piṭaka by U Nārada, Mūla Paṭṭhāna Sayadaw of Rangoon, Burma.

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