The Discourse on Elements

2.3. Unclassified and Classified

12 Questions and Answers

Msdiv 179Feeling aggregate is not classified with these states; Perception aggregate; Mental formation aggregate; Origin truth; Path truth is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, but classified under the same base and under the same element.

Under how many aggregates, under how many bases and under how many elements are those states classified? They, excluding Nibbāna from the classification of aggregates, are classified under 3 aggregates, under 1 base and under 1 element (5).

Msdiv 180… Cessation truth is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, but classified under the same base and under the same element. … They are classified under 4 aggregates, under 1 base and under 1 element (1).

Msdiv 181… Life faculty is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, but classified under the same base and under the same element. … They, excluding Nibbāna from the classification of aggregates, are classified under 2 aggregates, under 1 base and under 1 element (1).

Msdiv 182Female faculty is not classified with these states; Male faculty; Bodily pleasure faculty; Bodily pain faculty; Mental joy faculty; Grief faculty; Indifference faculty; Faith 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; Conditioned by 6 bases, Contact; Conditioned by contact, Feeling; Conditioned by feeling, Craving; Conditioned by craving, Clinging; Kamma becoming is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, but classified under the same base and under the same element. … They, excluding Nibbāna from the classification of aggregates, are classified under 3 aggregates, under 1 base and under 1 element (22).

Msdiv 183Birth; Ageing; Death; Jhāna is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, but classified under the same base and under the same element. … They, excluding Nibbāna from the classification of aggregates, are classified under 2 aggregates, under 1 base and under 1 element (4).

Msdiv 184Sorrow; Suffering; Grief; Despair; Application of mindfulness; Great effort; Illimitables; 5 Faculties; 5 Strengths; 7 Factors of Enlightenment; Noble Eightfold Path; Contact; Feeling; Perception; 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 are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, but classified under the same base and under the same element. … They, excluding Nibbāna from the classification of aggregates, are classified under 3 aggregates, under 1 base and under 1 element (20).

Msdiv 185States not arising from 4 causes; States not conditioned by 4 causes are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, but classified under the same base and under the same element. … They are classified under 4 aggregates, under 1 base and under 1 element (2).

Msdiv 186States which are cankers; States which are both cankers and objects of cankers; States which are both cankers and associated with cankers are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, but classified under the same base and under the same element. … They, excluding Nibbāna from the classification of aggregates, are classified under 3 aggregates, under 1 base and under 1 element (3).

Msdiv 187Fetters … Ties … Floods … Bonds … Hindrances … States which are misapprehensions; States which are both misapprehensions and objects of misapprehensions are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, but classified under the same base and under the same element. … They, excluding Nibbāna from the classification of aggregates, are classified under 3 aggregates, under 1 base and under 1 element (17).

Msdiv 188States which are mental factors; States which are associated with consciousness; States which are conjoined with consciousness; States which are 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 not classified with these states under the same aggregate, but classified under the same base and under the same element. … They, excluding Nibbāna from the classification of aggregates, are classified under 1 aggregate, under 1 base and under 1 element (6).

Msdiv 189States which arise together with consciousness; States which arise successively with consciousness are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, but classified under the same base and under the same element. … They are not classified under any aggregates; they are classified under 1 base and under 1 element (2).

Msdiv 190States 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 not classified with these states under the same aggregate, but classified under the same base and under the same element.

Under how many aggregates, under how many bases and under how many elements are those states classified? They, excluding Nibbāna from the classification of aggregates, are classified under 3 aggregates, under 1 base and under 1 element (7).

Three aggregates, likewise truths, sixteen faculties, Fourteen dependent originations, next fourteen, Thirty kinds belonging to ten clusters, Two kinds from lesser couplets, eight kinds from intermediate couplets.

Three aggregates, likewise truths, sixteen faculties, Fourteen dependent originations, next fourteen, Thirty kinds belonging to ten clusters, Two kinds from lesser couplets, eight kinds from intermediate couplets.

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

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