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B01030601mūlayamakaṃ (root duality)

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Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Self-Enlightened One. In the Abhidhamma Piṭaka, The Book of Pairs (First Part) 1. The Root Pair (A) Outline 1. The Root Section 1. Wholesome Phenomena (1) The Root Method 1. (A) Whatever wholesome phenomena there are, are all of them rooted in wholesomeness? (B) Or whatever are rooted in wholesomeness, are all of those phenomena wholesome? 2. (A) Whatever wholesome phenomena there are, are all of them rooted by one wholesome root? (B) Or whatever are rooted by one wholesome root, are all of those phenomena wholesome? 3. (A) Whatever phenomena are rooted by one wholesome root, are all of them mutually rooted by wholesome roots? (B) Or whatever are mutually rooted by wholesome roots, are all of those phenomena wholesome? (2) The Root of Roots Method 4. (A) Whatever wholesome phenomena there are, are all of them rooted in the root of wholesomeness? (B) Or whatever are rooted in the root of wholesomeness, are all of those phenomena wholesome? 5. (A) Whatever wholesome phenomena there are, are all of them rooted by one root of the root of wholesomeness? (B) Or whatever are rooted by one root of the root of wholesomeness, are all of those phenomena wholesome? 6. (A) Whatever phenomena are rooted by one root of the root of wholesomeness, are all of them mutually rooted by the root of wholesomeness? (B) Or whatever are mutually rooted by the root of wholesomeness, are all of those phenomena wholesome? (3) The Rooted Method 7. (A) Whatever wholesome phenomena there are, are all of them having wholesome roots? (B) Or whatever are having wholesome roots, are all of those phenomena wholesome? 8. (A) Whatever wholesome phenomena there are, are all of them having one wholesome root? (B) Or whatever are having one wholesome root, are all of those phenomena wholesome? 9. (A) Whatever phenomena are having one wholesome root, are all of them mutually having wholesome roots? (B) Or whatever are mutually having wholesome roots, are all of those phenomena wholesome? (4) The Root of Roots Rooted Method 10. (A) Whatever wholesome phenomena there are, are all of them having the root of wholesomeness as their root? (B) Or whatever are having the root of wholesomeness as their root, are all of those phenomena wholesome? 11. (A) Whatever wholesome phenomena there are, are all of them rooted by one wholesome root... are rooted in what root? (Kha) Or again, are all those phenomena that are rooted in one root with a wholesome root, wholesome? 12. (Ka) Are all those phenomena that are rooted in one root with a wholesome root, mutually rooted in a wholesome root? (Kha) Or again, are all those phenomena that are mutually rooted in a wholesome root, wholesome? 2. Unwholesome phenomena (1) Root method 13. (Ka) Are all those phenomena that are unwholesome, rooted in unwholesome roots? (Kha) Or again, are all those phenomena that are rooted in unwholesome roots, unwholesome? 14. (Ka) Are all those phenomena that are unwholesome, rooted in one unwholesome root? (Kha) Or again, are all those phenomena that are rooted in one unwholesome root, unwholesome? 15. (Ka) Are all those phenomena that are rooted in one unwholesome root, mutually rooted in an unwholesome root? (Kha) Or again, are all those phenomena that are mutually rooted in an unwholesome root, unwholesome? (2) Root-of-root method 16. (Ka) Are all those phenomena that are unwholesome, rooted in the root of unwholesome roots? (Kha) Or again, are all those phenomena that are rooted in the root of unwholesome roots, unwholesome? 17. (Ka) Are all those phenomena that are unwholesome, rooted in one root of an unwholesome root? (Kha) Or again, are all those phenomena that are rooted in one root of an unwholesome root, unwholesome? 18. (Ka) Are all those phenomena that are rooted in one root of an unwholesome root, mutually rooted in the root of an unwholesome root? (Kha) Or again, are all those phenomena that are mutually rooted in the root of an unwholesome root, unwholesome? (3) Rooted method 19. (Ka) Are all those phenomena that are unwholesome, rooted? (Kha) Or again, are all those phenomena that are rooted, unwholesome? 20. (Ka) Are all those phenomena that are unwholesome, rooted in one unwholesome root? (Kha) Or again, are all those phenomena that are rooted in one unwholesome root, unwholesome? 21. (Ka) Are all those phenomena that are rooted in one unwholesome root, mutually rooted in an unwholesome root? (Kha) Or again, are all those phenomena that are mutually rooted in an unwholesome root, unwholesome? (4) Root-of-rooted method 22. (Ka) Whatever unwholesome phenomena there are, are all of them rooted in the root of unwholesome? (Kha) Or whatever are rooted in the root of unwholesome, are all those phenomena unwholesome? 23. (Ka) Whatever unwholesome phenomena there are, are all of them rooted in one root by way of the unwholesome root? (Kha) Or whatever are rooted in one root by way of the unwholesome root, are all those phenomena unwholesome? 24. (Ka) Whatever phenomena are rooted in one root by way of the unwholesome root, are all of them rooted in each other's root by way of the unwholesome root? (Kha) Or whatever are rooted in each other's root by way of the unwholesome root, are all those phenomena unwholesome? 3. Indeterminate phenomena (1) Root method 25. (Ka) Whatever indeterminate phenomena there are, are all of them having indeterminate roots? (Kha) Or whatever are having indeterminate roots, are all those phenomena indeterminate? 26. (Ka) Whatever indeterminate phenomena there are, are all of them having one root by way of the indeterminate root? (Kha) Or whatever are having one root by way of the indeterminate root, are all those phenomena indeterminate? 27. (Ka) Whatever phenomena are having one root by way of the indeterminate root, are all of them having each other's roots by way of the indeterminate root? (Kha) Or whatever are having each other's roots by way of the indeterminate root, are all those phenomena indeterminate? (2) Root-of-root method 28. (Ka) Whatever indeterminate phenomena there are, are all of them rooted in the root of indeterminate? (Kha) Or whatever are rooted in the root of indeterminate, are all those phenomena indeterminate? 29. (Ka) Whatever indeterminate phenomena there are, are all of them rooted in one root by way of the indeterminate root? (Kha) Or whatever are rooted in one root by way of the indeterminate root, are all those phenomena indeterminate? 30. (Ka) Whatever phenomena are rooted in one root by way of the indeterminate root, are all of them rooted in each other's root by way of the indeterminate root? (Kha) Or whatever are rooted in each other's root by way of the indeterminate root, are all those phenomena indeterminate? (3) Root-having method 31. (Ka) Whatever indeterminate phenomena there are, are all of them having indeterminate roots? (Kha) Or whatever are having indeterminate roots, are all those phenomena indeterminate? 32. (Ka) Whatever indeterminate phenomena there are, are all of them having one root by way of the indeterminate root? (Kha) Or whatever are having one root by way of the indeterminate root, are all of them Are phenomena indeterminate? 33. (Ka) Whatever phenomena have one root by an indeterminate root, are all those rooted in each other by an indeterminate root? (Kha) Or else whatsoever are rooted in each other by an indeterminate root, are all those phenomena indeterminate? (4) The Way of Rooted Roots 34. (Ka) Whatever phenomena are indeterminate, do all those have roots of an indeterminate root? (Kha) Or else whatsoever have roots of an indeterminate root, are all those phenomena indeterminate? 35. (Ka) Whatever phenomena are indeterminate, do all those have one root of a root by an indeterminate root? (Kha) Or else whatsoever have one root of a root by an indeterminate root, are all those phenomena indeterminate? 36. (Ka) Whatever phenomena have one root of a root by an indeterminate root, do all those have mutual roots of a root by an indeterminate root? (Kha) Or else whatsoever have mutual roots of a root by an indeterminate root, are all those phenomena indeterminate? 4. Mental Phenomena (1) The Way of Roots 37. (Ka) Whatever phenomena are mental, are all those rooted in name? (Kha) Or else whatsoever are rooted in name, are all those phenomena mental? 38. (Ka) Whatever phenomena are mental, do all those have one root by a mental root? (Kha) Or else whatsoever have one root by a mental root, are all those phenomena mental? 39. (Ka) Whatever phenomena have one root by a mental root, do all those have mutual roots by a mental root? (Kha) Or else whatsoever have mutual roots by a mental root, are all those phenomena mental? (2) The Way of Rooted Roots 40. (Ka) Whatever phenomena are mental, do all those have roots of a mental root? (Kha) Or else whatsoever have roots of a mental root, are all those phenomena mental? 41. (Ka) Whatever phenomena are mental, do all those have one root of a root by a mental root? (Kha) Or else whatsoever have one root of a root by a mental root, are all those phenomena mental? 42. (Ka) Whatever phenomena have one root of a root by a mental root, do all those have mutual roots of a root by a mental root? (Kha) Or else whatsoever have mutual roots of a root by a mental root, are all those phenomena mental? (3) The Way of Having Roots 43. (Ka) Whatever phenomena are mental, do all those have mental roots? (Kha) Or else whatsoever have mental roots, are all those phenomena mental? 44. (Ka) Wh Whatever are named phenomena, are all of them rooted in name with one root? Or whatever are rooted in name with one root, are all of them named phenomena? 45. (Ka) Whatever phenomena are rooted in name with one root, are all of them rooted in name with mutual roots?

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