The Discourse on Elements

2.12. Classified and Unclassified Concerning the Associated

31 Questions and Answers

Msdiv 417Feeling aggregate is associated with these states; Perception aggregate; Mental formation aggregate is associated with these states.

Under how many aggregates, under how many bases and under how many elements are those states classified? They are classified under 3 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 8 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 10 bases and under 10 elements (3).

Msdiv 418Consciousness aggregate; Mind base; Eye consciousness element … Mind element; Mind consciousness element is associated with these states. … They are classified under 3 aggregates, under 1 base and under 1 element.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (9).

Msdiv 419Origin truth; Path truth is associated with these states. They are classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 2 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 16 elements (2).

Msdiv 420Mind faculty is associated with these states. They are classified under 3 aggregates, under 1 base and under 1 element.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (1).

Msdiv 421Bodily pleasure faculty; Bodily pain faculty; Mental joy faculty; Grief faculty is associated with these states. They are classified under 3 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 2 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 10 bases and under 16 elements (4).

Msdiv 422Indifference faculty is associated with these states. They are classified under 3 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 7 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 10 bases and under 11 elements (1).

Msdiv 423Faith faculty; 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 are associated with these states. They are classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 2 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 16 elements (10).

Msdiv 424Conditioned by formations, Consciousness is associated with these states. They are classified under 3 aggregates, under 1 base and under 1 element.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (1).

Msdiv 425Conditioned by 6 bases, Contact is associated with these states. They are classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 8 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 10 elements (1).

Msdiv 426Conditioned by contact, Feeling is associated with these states. They are classified under 3 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 8 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 10 bases and under 10 elements (1).

Msdiv 427Conditioned by feeling, Craving; Conditioned by craving, Clinging; Kamma becoming is associated with these states. They are classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 2 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 16 elements (3).

Msdiv 428Sorrow; Suffering; Grief is associated with these states. They are classified under 3 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 2 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 10 bases and under 16 elements (3).

Msdiv 429Despair; Application of mindfulness; Great effort is associated with these states. They are classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 2 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 16 elements (3).

Msdiv 430Road to psychic power is associated with these states. They are classified under 3 aggregates, under 1 base and under 1 element.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (1).

Msdiv 431Jhāna is associated with these states. They are classified under 3 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 2 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 10 bases and under 16 elements (1).

Msdiv 432Illimitables; 5 Faculties; 5 Strengths; 7 Factors of Enlightenment; Noble Eightfold Path is associated with these states. They are classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 2 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 16 elements (5).

Msdiv 433Contact; Volition; Attention is associated with these states. They are classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 8 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 10 elements (3).

Msdiv 434Feeling; Perception is associated with these states. They are classified under 3 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 8 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 10 bases and under 10 elements (2).

Msdiv 435Consciousness is associated with these states. They are classified under 3 aggregates, under 1 base and under 1 element.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (1).

Msdiv 436Decision is associated with these states. They are classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 3 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 15 elements (1).

Triplets

Msdiv 437States associated with pleasant feeling; States associated with painful feeling; States associated with feeling that is neither painful nor pleasant; States with applied-thought and sustained-thought; States without applied-thought but with sustained-thought; States accompanied by rapture; States accompanied by pleasure; States accompanied by indifference are associated with these states. They are classified under 1 aggregate, under 1 base and under 1 element.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (8).

Couplets

Msdiv 438States which are roots; States which are roots and also have associated roots; States which are roots and also associated with roots are associated with these states. They are classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 2 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 16 elements (3).

Msdiv 439States which have associated roots but are not roots; States which are associated with roots but are not roots; States which are not roots but have associated roots are associated with these states. They are classified under 1 aggregate, under 1 base and under 1 element.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (3).

Msdiv 440States which are cankers; States which are both cankers and objects of cankers; States which are both cankers and associated with cankers are associated with these states. They are classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 2 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 16 elements (3).

Msdiv 441States which are associated with cankers but are not cankers are associated with these states. They are classified under 1 aggregate, under 1 base and under 1 element.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (1).

Msdiv 442States 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 both misapprehensions and objects of misapprehensions are associated with these states. They are classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 2 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 16 elements (22).

Msdiv 443States which are associated with misapprehensions are associated with these states. They are classified under 1 aggregate, under 1 base and under 1 element.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (1).

Msdiv 444States which are consciousness are associated with these states. They are classified under 3 aggregates, under 1 base and under 1 element.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (1).

Msdiv 445States which are mental factors; States which are associated with consciousness; States which are conjoined with consciousness; States which are both conjoined with and are generated by consciousness; States which are conjoined with, are generated by and arise together with consciousness; States which are conjoined with, are generated by and arise successively with consciousness are associated with these states. They are classified under 1 aggregate, under 1 base and under 7 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 11 elements (6).

Msdiv 446States 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 associated with these states. They are classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 2 elements.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 16 elements (8).

Msdiv 447States which are corrupt but are not corruptions; States which are associated with corruptions but are not corruptions; States with applied-thought; States with sustained-thought; States with rapture; States which are accompanied by rapture; States which are accompanied by pleasure; States which are accompanied by indifference are associated with these states.

Under how many aggregates, under how many bases and under how many elements are those states classified? They are classified under 1 aggregate, under 1 base and under 1 element.

Under how many are they not classified? They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (8).

Four mental aggregates, only mind base, Seven consciousness elements, two Truths, fourteen faculties, Twelve dependent originations, the next sixteen, Eight triplets, forty-three clusters, Seven greater intermediate couplets, six last couplets, These states are mentioned in the ninth chapter.

Four mental aggregates, only mind base, Seven consciousness elements, two Truths, fourteen faculties, Twelve dependent originations, the next sixteen, Eight triplets, forty-three clusters, Seven greater intermediate couplets, six last couplets, These states are mentioned in the ninth chapter.

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

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