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dependent on mentality, the sixth sense-base; dependent on the sixth sense-base, contact; dependent on contact, feeling; dependent on feeling, becoming; dependent on becoming, birth; dependent on birth, old age and death. Thus is the origin of this entire mass of suffering. 344. Therein, what is "volitional formations dependent on wholesome root"? Whatever volition, intending, the state of having intended – this is called "volitional formations dependent on wholesome root"... ...Therefore it is said: "Thus is the origin of this entire mass of suffering." 345. Which phenomena are indeterminate? At the time when, as a result of wholesome kamma performed and accumulated in the sense-sphere, resultant ear-consciousness arises accompanied by equanimity, with a sound object as its object... ...nose-consciousness arises accompanied by equanimity, with an odor object as its object... ...tongue-consciousness arises accompanied by equanimity, with a taste object as its object... ...body-consciousness arises accompanied by pleasure, with a tangible object as its object... ...mind-element arises accompanied by equanimity, with a visible object or... ...a tangible object as its object... ...mind-consciousness element arises accompanied by joy, with a visible object or... ...a mental object as its object... ...mind-consciousness element arises accompanied by equanimity, with a visible object or... ...a mental object as its object, or whatever else it may be dependent on, at that time, dependent on wholesome root, volitional formations. Conditioned by formations, consciousness arises. Conditioned by consciousness, mentality arises. Conditioned by mentality, the sixth sense base arises. Conditioned by the sixth sense base, contact arises. Conditioned by contact, feeling arises. Conditioned by feeling, decision arises. Conditioned by decision, becoming arises. Conditioned by becoming, birth arises. Conditioned by birth, old age and death arise. Thus is the origin of this entire mass of suffering. 346. Which phenomena are indeterminate? At the time when, due to the performance and accumulation of wholesome kamma in the sense-sphere, resultant mind-consciousness element has arisen, accompanied by joy and conjoined with knowledge (...), accompanied by joy and conjoined with knowledge, with prompting (...), accompanied by joy and disjoined from knowledge (...), accompanied by joy and disjoined from knowledge, with prompting (...), accompanied by equanimity and conjoined with knowledge (...), accompanied by equanimity and conjoined with knowledge, with prompting (...), accompanied by equanimity and disjoined from knowledge (...), accompanied by equanimity and disjoined from knowledge, with prompting, having a visible object (...), or having a mental object, or having whatever object it may be, at that time, conditioned by wholesome roots, formations arise. Conditioned by formations, consciousness arises. Conditioned by consciousness, mentality arises. Conditioned by mentality, the sixth sense base arises. Conditioned by the sixth sense base, contact arises. Conditioned by contact, feeling arises. Conditioned by feeling, clarity arises. Conditioned by clarity, decision arises. Conditioned by decision, becoming arises. Conditioned by becoming, birth arises. Conditioned by birth, old age and death arise. Thus is the origin of this entire mass of suffering. 347. Which phenomena are indeterminate? At the time when one develops the path to rebirth in the form-sphere, secluded from sensual pleasures (...), entering and abiding in the first jhana, with the earth kasina, at that time, contact arises (...), non-distraction arises – these phenomena are wholesome. Due to the performance and accumulation of that same wholesome kamma in the form-sphere, resultant (consciousness arises) secluded from sensual pleasures (...), entering and abiding in the first jhana, with the earth kasina, at that time, conditioned by wholesome roots, formations arise. Conditioned by formations, consciousness arises. Conditioned by consciousness, mentality arises. Conditioned by mentality... which is the sixth sense-base, with the sixth sense-base as condition, contact, with contact as condition, feeling, with feeling as condition, confidence, with confidence as condition, determination, with determination as condition, becoming, with becoming as condition, birth, with birth as condition, aging-and-death. Thus is the origin of this entire mass of suffering. 348. Which states are indeterminate? At the time when one develops the path to rebirth in the formless realms, having entirely transcended the dimension of nothingness, accompanied by the perception of the dimension of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, and by the abandoning of pleasure…etc… one enters and dwells in the fourth jhāna, at that time there is contact…etc… there is non-distraction – these states are wholesome. As a result of that same wholesome kamma of the formless realm, having been done and accumulated, having entirely transcended the dimension of nothingness, accompanied by the perception of the dimension of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, and by the abandoning of pleasure…etc… one enters and dwells in the fourth jhāna, at that time, with wholesome roots as condition, volitional formations, with volitional formations as condition, consciousness, with consciousness as condition, mentality, with mentality as condition, the sixth sense-base, with the sixth sense-base as condition, contact, with contact as condition, feeling, with feeling as condition, confidence, with confidence as condition, determination, with determination as condition, becoming, with becoming as condition, birth, with birth as condition, aging-and-death. Thus is the origin of this entire mass of suffering. 349. Which states are indeterminate? At the time when one develops a supramundane jhāna, leading to liberation, tending to decrease (kamma), for the abandoning of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage (of awakening), quite secluded from sensual pleasures…etc… one enters and dwells in the first jhāna, with painful practice and slow insight, at that time there is contact…etc… there is non-distraction – these states are wholesome. As a result of that same supramundane wholesome jhāna, having been done and developed, quite secluded from sensual pleasures…etc… one enters and dwells in the first jhāna, with painful practice and slow insight, empty, at that time, with wholesome roots as condition, volitional formations, with volitional formations as condition, consciousness, Consciousness conditions mentality, mentality conditions the sixth sense base, the sixth sense base conditions contact, contact conditions feeling, feeling conditions clarity, clarity conditions determination, determination conditions becoming, becoming conditions birth, birth conditions old age and death. Thus is the origin of these phenomena. Exposition of the result rooted in wholesome roots. 14. Exposition of the result rooted in unwholesome roots 350. Which phenomena are indeterminate? At the time when, due to the doing and accumulating of unwholesome kamma, resultant eye-consciousness arises accompanied by equanimity, with a visible object, at that time, unwholesome roots condition formations, formations condition consciousness, consciousness conditions mentality, mentality conditions the sixth sense base, the sixth sense base conditions contact, contact conditions feeling, feeling conditions becoming, becoming conditions birth, birth conditions old age and death. Thus is the origin of this entire mass of suffering. 351. Therein, what is formations conditioned by unwholesome roots? That volition, intending, the state of having intended – this is called "formations conditioned by unwholesome roots"... (etc.) ...therefore it is said: "Thus is the origin of this entire mass of suffering." 352. Which phenomena are indeterminate? At the time when, due to the doing and accumulating of unwholesome kamma, resultant ear-consciousness arises accompanied by equanimity, with a sound object... (etc.) ...nose-consciousness arises accompanied by equanimity, with an odor object... (etc.) ...tongue-consciousness arises accompanied by equanimity, with a taste object... (etc.) ...body-consciousness arises accompanied by pain, with a tangible object... (etc.) ...mind-element arises accompanied by equanimity, with a visible object or... (etc.) ...with a tangible object, or whatever it may be, at that time, unwholesome roots condition formations, formations condition consciousness, consciousness conditions mentality, mentality conditions the sixth sense base, the sixth sense base conditions contact, contact conditions feeling, feeling conditions determination... determination as condition, existence; existence as condition, birth; birth as condition, old age and death. Thus is the origin of this whole mass of suffering. 353. Which phenomena are indeterminate? At what time, due to the doing and accumulating of unwholesome kamma, the resultant mind-consciousness element has arisen, accompanied by equanimity, having form as its object, or... or having mental phenomena as its object, or whatever it may be that it takes as its object, at that time, unwholesome roots as condition, formations; formations as condition, consciousness; consciousness as condition, mentality; mentality as condition, the sixth sense-base; the sixth sense-base as condition, contact; contact as condition, feeling; feeling as condition, determination; determination as condition, existence; existence as condition, birth; birth as condition, old age and death. Thus is the origin of this whole mass of suffering. 354. Therein, what is formations conditioned by unwholesome roots? That volition, intending, the state of having intended – this is called "formations conditioned by unwholesome roots". Therein, what is consciousness conditioned by formations?