The Discourse on Elements

2.13. Associated with, and Dissociated from, the Unclassified

8 Questions and Answers

Msdiv 448Matter aggregate is not 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; partially associated with 1 base and with 1 element.

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

Msdiv 449Cognizable base is not classified with these states; Cognizable element; Female faculty; Male faculty; Life faculty; Conditioned by consciousness, Mentality-materiality; Non-percepted becoming; One-aggregate becoming; Birth; Ageing; Death is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element … They are associated with 3 aggregates; partially associated with 1 base and with 1 element.

From how many are they dissociated? They are dissociated from 1 aggregate, from 10 bases and from 10 elements; partially dissociated from 1 base and from 1 element (11).

Msdiv 450Immaterial becoming; Neither perception nor non-perception becoming; Four-aggregate becoming; Road to psychic power is not 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 they dissociated? They are dissociated from 4 aggregates, from 1 base and from 7 elements; partially dissociated from 1 base and from 1 element (4).

Triplets

Msdiv 451Wholesome states; Unwholesome states; States associated with pleasant feeling; States associated with painful feeling; States associated with feeling that is neither painful nor pleasant; Resultant states; States producing resultant states; States which are not acquired by clinging and not favourable to clinging; Corrupt and corrupting states; Not corrupt and not corrupting states; 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; States eradicated by First Path; States eradicated by Higher 3 Paths; States together with roots eradicated by First Path; States together with roots eradicated by Higher 3 Paths; States leading to rebirth and death; States leading to Nibbāna; States appertaining to Learners; States appertaining to Arahatta; Lofty states; Incomparable states; States with limited objects; States with lofty objects; States with incomparable objects; Low states; Exalted states; States with fixed destiny due to wrong views; States with fixed destiny due to right views; States with Path object; States conditioned by the Path; States dominated by the Path; States with past object; States with future object; States with present object; States with internal object; States with external object; States with internal and external object (41).

Couplets

States which have associated roots; States which are associated with roots; States 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 not 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 they dissociated? They are dissociated from 4 aggregates, from 1 base and from 7 elements; partially dissociated from 1 base and from 1 element (5).

Msdiv 452States which have physical change are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element. They are associated with 3 aggregates; partially associated with 1 base and with 1 element.

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

Msdiv 453States which have no physical change; States which are Supramundane; States which are not objects of cankers; States which are associated with cankers; States which are associated with cankers but are not cankers; States which are dissociated from cankers and are not objects of cankers (6).

States which are not objects of fetters … States which are not objects of ties … States which are not objects of floods … States which are not objects of bonds … States which are not objects of hindrances … (20).

States which are not objects of misapprehensions; States which are associated with misapprehensions; States which are dissociated from misapprehensions and are not objects of misapprehensions; States which have objects are not 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 they dissociated? They are dissociated from 4 aggregates, from 1 base and from 7 elements; partially dissociated from 1 base and from 1 element (4).

Msdiv 454States which have no objects; States which are not consciousness; States which are dissociated from consciousness; States which are not conjoined with consciousness; States which are generated by consciousness; States which arise together with consciousness; States which arise successively with consciousness; States which are external; States which are derived are not 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; partially associated with 1 base and with 1 element.

From how many are they dissociated? They are dissociated from 1 aggregate, from 10 bases and from 10 elements; partially dissociated from 1 base and from 1 element (9).

Msdiv 455States which are not objects of clinging; States which are associated with clinging; States which are associated with clinging but are not clinging; States which are dissociated from clinging and are not objects of clinging; States which are not objects of corruptions; States which are not corrupt; States which are associated with corruptions; States which are corrupt but are not corruptions; States which are associated with corruptions but are not corruptions; States which are dissociated from corruptions and are not objects of corruptions; States which are eradicated by First Path; States which are eradicated by Higher 3 Paths; States together with roots eradicated by First Path; States together with roots eradicated by Higher 3 Paths; 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; States which do not belong to the sensuous plane; States which belong to the fine-material plane; States which belong to the immaterial plane; States which are not included in the round of existences; States which lead out from the round of existences; States which have fixed destiny yielded after decease or after their own occurrence; States which are not with beyond; States which are causes of lamentation are not 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 they dissociated? They are dissociated from 4 aggregates, from 1 base and from 7 elements; partially dissociated from 1 base and from 1 element (28).

Matter aggregate, cognizable base, cognizable element, Female and male faculties, life faculty, mentality-materiality, Two becomings, birth, ageing, death, physical states, Objectless states, non-consciousness, dissociated from consciousness, Not conjoined with consciousness, generated with consciousness, Arising together with consciousness, arising successively with consciousness, External, derived states. The method of this question and answer should be properly understood.

Matter aggregate, cognizable base, cognizable element, Female and male faculties, life faculty, mentality-materiality, Two becomings, birth, ageing, death, physical states, Objectless states, non-consciousness, dissociated from consciousness, Not conjoined with consciousness, generated with consciousness, Arising together with consciousness, arising successively with consciousness, External, derived states. The method of this question and answer should be properly understood.

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

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