The Discourse on Elements

2.4. Classified and Classified

2 Questions and Answers

Msdiv 191Origin 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. Those states are classified with these states under the same aggregate, 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 are classified under 1 aggregate, under 1 base and under 1 element (2).

Msdiv 192Female faculty is 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 (15).

Ignorance; Conditioned by ignorance, Formations; Conditioned by 6 bases, Contact; Conditioned by feeling, Craving; Conditioned by craving, Clinging; Kamma becoming; Sorrow; Lamentation; Suffering; Grief; Despair (11).

Application of mindfulness; Great effort; Illimitables; 5 Faculties; 5 Strengths; 7 Factors of Enlightenment; Noble Eightfold Path; Contact; Volition; Decision; Attention (11).

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 … Fetters … Ties … Floods … Bonds … Hindrances … Misapprehensions … Clingings … 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. Those states are classified with these states under the same aggregate, 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 are classified under 1 aggregate, under 1 base and under 1 element (30).

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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