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Ah – this is called adherence to rules and rituals. 1010. These are the three fetters; and defilements of the same nature; the feeling aggregate connected with them… …the consciousness aggregate; bodily action, verbal action, mental action arising from them – these phenomena are to be abandoned by insight. 1011. Which phenomena are to be abandoned by development? The remaining greed, hatred, delusion; and defilements of the same nature; the feeling aggregate connected with them… …the consciousness aggregate; bodily action, verbal action, mental action arising from them – these phenomena are to be abandoned by development. 1012. Which phenomena are to be abandoned neither by insight nor by development? Wholesome and indeterminate phenomena of the sense-sphere, of the form-sphere, of the formless-sphere, and not included in any sphere; the feeling aggregate… …the consciousness aggregate; and all form, and the unconditioned element – these phenomena are to be abandoned neither by insight nor by development. 1013. Which phenomena have causes to be abandoned by insight? The three fetters – personality view, doubt, adherence to rules and rituals. 1014. Therein, what is personality view?… …this is called personality view. 1015. Therein, what is doubt?… …this is called doubt. 1016. Therein, what is adherence to rules and rituals?… …this is called adherence to rules and rituals. 1017. These are the three fetters; and defilements of the same nature; the feeling aggregate connected with them… …the consciousness aggregate; bodily action, verbal action, mental action arising from them – these phenomena have causes to be abandoned by insight. The three fetters – personality view, doubt, adherence to rules and rituals – these phenomena are to be abandoned by insight. Greed, hatred, delusion of the same nature – these phenomena are causes to be abandoned by insight. And defilements of the same nature; the feeling aggregate connected with them… …the consciousness aggregate; bodily action, verbal action, mental action arising from them – these phenomena have causes to be abandoned by insight. 1018. Which phenomena have causes to be abandoned by development? The remaining greed Greed, hatred, delusion – these phenomena are causes to be abandoned by development. And defilements of the same nature; the feeling aggregate, the perception aggregate, the formations aggregate, the consciousness aggregate associated with them; bodily action, verbal action, mental action arising from them – these phenomena are causes to be abandoned by development. 1019. Which phenomena are causes to be abandoned neither by insight nor by development? Apart from those phenomena, the remaining wholesome, unwholesome, and indeterminate phenomena belonging to the sense sphere, form sphere, formless sphere, and not included; the feeling aggregate, the perception aggregate, the formations aggregate, the consciousness aggregate; and all matter, and the unconditioned element – these phenomena are causes to be abandoned neither by insight nor by development. 1020. Which phenomena lead to accumulation? Wholesome and unwholesome phenomena with taints belonging to the sense sphere, form sphere, formless sphere; the feeling aggregate, the perception aggregate, the formations aggregate, the consciousness aggregate – these phenomena lead to accumulation. 1021. Which phenomena lead to non-accumulation? The four paths not included – these phenomena lead to non-accumulation. 1022. Which phenomena lead neither to accumulation nor to non-accumulation? The results of wholesome and unwholesome phenomena belonging to the sense sphere, form sphere, formless sphere, and not included; the feeling aggregate, the perception aggregate, the formations aggregate, the consciousness aggregate; and those functional phenomena which are neither wholesome nor unwholesome nor results of kamma; and all matter, and the unconditioned element – these phenomena lead neither to accumulation nor to non-accumulation. 1023. Which phenomena are trainees? The four paths not included, and the three lower fruits of recluseship – these phenomena are trainees. 1024. Which phenomena are non-trainees? The supreme fruit of arahantship – these phenomena are non-trainees. 1025. Which phenomena are neither trainees nor non-trainees? Apart from those phenomena, the remaining wholesome, unwholesome, and indeterminate phenomena belonging to the sense sphere, form sphere, formless sphere; the feeling aggregate, the perception aggregate, the formations aggregate, the consciousness aggregate; and all matter, and the unconditioned element – these phenomena are neither trainees nor non-trainees. 1026. Which phenomena are limited? All belonging to the sense sphere are wholesome, unwholesome, indeterminate phenomena; the form aggregate…and so on…the consciousness aggregate— these phenomena are limited. 1027. Which phenomena are exalted? Are form-sphere, formless-sphere, wholesome, indeterminate phenomena; the feeling aggregate…and so on…the consciousness aggregate— these phenomena are exalted. 1028. Which phenomena are immeasurable? Are unincluded paths, and path-fruits, and the unconditioned element— these phenomena are immeasurable. 1029. Which phenomena have limited objects? Are the mind and mental factors that arise taking limited phenomena as object— these phenomena have limited objects. 1030. Which phenomena have exalted objects? Are the mind and mental factors that arise taking exalted phenomena as object— these phenomena have exalted objects. 1031. Which phenomena have immeasurable objects? Are the mind and mental factors that arise taking immeasurable phenomena as object— these phenomena have immeasurable objects. 1032. Which phenomena are inferior? Are the three roots of unwholesome action— greed, hatred, delusion; and the defilements associated with them; the feeling aggregate…and so on…the consciousness aggregate associated with them; the bodily action, verbal action, mental action arisen from them— these phenomena are inferior. 1033. Which phenomena are middling? Are the defiled wholesome and indeterminate phenomena of the sense-sphere, form-sphere, formless-sphere, the form aggregate…and so on…the consciousness aggregate— these phenomena are middling. 1034. Which phenomena are excellent? Are unincluded paths, and path-fruits, and the unconditioned element— these phenomena are excellent. 1035. Which phenomena are fixed in wrongness? Are the five immediately effective actions, and that which is fixed in wrong view— these phenomena are fixed in wrongness. 1036. Which phenomena are fixed in rightness? Are the four unincluded paths— these phenomena are fixed in rightness. 1037. Which phenomena are unfixed? Excluding those phenomena, the remaining wholesome, unwholesome, indeterminate phenomena of the sense-sphere, form-sphere, formless-sphere, unincluded; the feeling aggregate…and so on…the consciousness aggregate; all form, the unconditioned and element – these phenomena are undetermined. Which phenomena are path-objects? Those mental and volitional phenomena that arise with the Noble Path as their object – these phenomena are path-objects. Which phenomena have the path as their root? For one endowed with the Noble Path, excluding the path-factors; the feeling aggregate associated with it...pe... the consciousness aggregate – these phenomena have the path as their root. For one endowed with the Noble Path, right view is both the path and the root, excluding right view, the feeling aggregate associated with it...pe... the consciousness aggregate – these phenomena have the path as their root. For one endowed with the Noble Path, non-greed, non-hatred, non-delusion – these phenomena are path-roots. The feeling aggregate associated with them...pe... the consciousness aggregate – these phenomena have the path as their root. Which phenomena have the path as their dominant factor? Those mental and volitional phenomena that arise making the Noble Path their dominant factor – these phenomena have the path as their dominant factor. For one endowed with the Noble Path, developing the path with investigation as the dominant factor, excluding investigation; the feeling aggregate associated with it...pe... the consciousness aggregate – these phenomena have the path as their dominant factor. Which phenomena have arisen? Those phenomena that are born, become, produced, generated, manifested, appeared, arisen, fully arisen, emerged, fully emerged, arisen, included in the aspect of having arisen, form, feeling, perception, mental formations, consciousness – these phenomena have arisen. Which phenomena have not arisen? Those phenomena that are unborn, unbecome, unproduced, ungenerated, unmanifested, unappeared, unarisen, not fully arisen, unemerged, not fully emerged, unarisen, included in the aspect of not having arisen, form, feeling, perception, mental formations, consciousness – these phenomena have not arisen. Which phenomena are bound to arise? The results of wholesome and unwholesome phenomena whose ripening has not yet occurred, results in the sense-sphere, form-sphere, formless-sphere, and not included (in any sphere); the feeling aggregate...pe... the consciousness aggregate; and that form which will arise due to past kamma – these phenomena are bound to arise. What are past phenomena? Those phenomena which are past, ceased, gone, changed, set, completely set, having arisen have vanished, past, included in the aspect of the past: form, feeling, perception, mental formations, consciousness – these phenomena are past. What are future phenomena? Those phenomena which are not born, not come into being, not arisen, not produced, not fully produced, not manifested, not arisen, not fully arisen, not stood up, not fully stood up, future, included in the aspect of the future: form, feeling, perception, mental formations, consciousness – these phenomena are future.