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(1) Unwholesome and unclassified phenomena are a condition for unclassified phenomena by way of supporting condition – unwholesome aggregates and the great elements are a supporting condition for mind-originated material phenomena. (2) Decisive Supporting Condition 423. Wholesome phenomena are a condition for wholesome phenomena by way of decisive supporting condition – decisive supporting condition by way of object, decisive supporting condition by way of contiguity, decisive supporting condition by way of natural potency. Decisive supporting condition by way of object – having given alms, having undertaken precepts, having performed Uposatha duties, one reflects on that, making it weighty; one reflects on good deeds done previously, making them weighty; having emerged from jhāna, one reflects on jhāna, making it weighty; trainees reflect on the lineage-change, making it weighty; purification They review with respect, Trainees, having arisen from the path, Review the path with respect. Immediate Strong Dependence: Earlier, earlier wholesome aggregates Are a condition for later, later wholesome aggregates By way of strong dependence. Adaptation for change-of-lineage... Adaptation for purification... Change-of-lineage for the path... Purification for the path Are a condition by way of strong dependence. Natural Strong Dependence: Relying on faith, One gives alms, Undertakes precepts, Performs Uposatha duties, Produces jhana, Produces insight, Produces the path, Produces supernormal knowledge, Produces attainment. Relying on virtue... Relying on learning... Relying on generosity... Relying on wisdom, One gives alms, Undertakes precepts, Performs Uposatha duties, Produces jhana, Produces insight, Produces the path, Produces supernormal knowledge, Produces attainment. Faith... Virtue... Learning... Generosity... Wisdom... Are a condition for faith... For virtue... For learning... For generosity... For wisdom By way of strong dependence. The preparatory work for the first jhana Is a condition for the first jhana By way of strong dependence. The preparatory work for the second jhana Is a condition for the second jhana By way of strong dependence. The preparatory work for the third jhana Is a condition for the third jhana By way of strong dependence. The preparatory work for the fourth jhana Is a condition for the fourth jhana By way of strong dependence. The preparatory work for the sphere of infinite space Is a condition for the sphere of infinite space By way of strong dependence. The preparatory work for the sphere of infinite consciousness Is a condition for the sphere of infinite consciousness By way of strong dependence. The preparatory work for the sphere of nothingness Is a condition for the sphere of nothingness By way of strong dependence. The preparatory work for the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception Is a condition for the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception By way of strong dependence. The first jhana Is a condition for the second jhana By way of strong dependence. The second jhana Is a condition for the third jhana By way of strong dependence. The third jhana It is a condition for the fourth jhana by way of decisive support. The fourth jhana is a condition for the sphere of infinite space by way of decisive support. The sphere of infinite space is a condition for the sphere of infinite consciousness by way of decisive support. The sphere of infinite consciousness is a condition for the sphere of nothingness by way of decisive support. The sphere of nothingness is a condition for the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception by way of decisive support. The preparatory work for the divine eye is a condition for the divine eye by way of decisive support. The preparatory work for the divine ear element is a condition for the divine ear element by way of decisive support. The preparatory work for the knowledge of psychic powers is a condition for the knowledge of psychic powers by way of decisive support. The preparatory work for the knowledge of penetrating minds is a condition for the knowledge of penetrating minds by way of decisive support. The preparatory work for the knowledge of recollecting past lives is a condition for the knowledge of recollecting past lives by way of decisive support. The preparatory work for the knowledge of how beings fare according to their kamma is a condition for the knowledge of how beings fare according to their kamma by way of decisive support. The preparatory work for the knowledge of future events is a condition for the knowledge of future events by way of decisive support. The divine eye is a condition for the divine ear element by way of decisive support. The divine ear element is a condition for the knowledge of psychic powers by way of decisive support. The knowledge of psychic powers is a condition for the knowledge of penetrating minds by way of decisive support. The knowledge of penetrating minds is a condition for the knowledge of recollecting past lives by way of decisive support. The knowledge of recollecting past lives is a condition for the knowledge of how beings fare according to their kamma by way of decisive support. The knowledge of how beings fare according to their kamma is a condition for the knowledge of future events by way of decisive support. The preparatory work for the first path is a condition for the first path by way of decisive support. The preparatory work for the second path is a condition for the second path by way of decisive support. The preparatory work for the third path is a condition for the third path by way of decisive support. The preparatory work for the fourth path is a condition for the fourth path by way of decisive support. Which. The first path is a condition for the second path by way of decisive support. The second path is a condition for the third path by way of decisive support. The third path is a condition for the fourth path by way of decisive support. Trainees, relying on the path, generate attainments not yet arisen, enter into attainments already arisen, discern formations as impermanent, as suffering, as not-self. The path is a condition for trainees' analytical knowledge of meaning, analytical knowledge of phenomena, analytical knowledge of language, analytical knowledge of ready wit, and skill in right and wrong occasions, by way of decisive support. (1) Wholesome phenomena are a condition for unwholesome phenomena by way of decisive support – object decisive support, natural decisive support. Object decisive support – having given a gift, having undertaken precepts, having performed the Uposatha ceremony, one regards that as important, relishes and delights in it; regarding that as important, lust arises, wrong view arises. Having regarded good deeds done previously as important, one relishes and delights in them; regarding them as important, lust arises, wrong view arises. Having emerged from jhānas, one regards the jhānas as important, relishes and delights in them; regarding them as important, lust arises, wrong view arises. Natural decisive support – relying on faith, one mutters conceit, grasps wrong view. Precepts... learning... generosity... wisdom, relying on these, one mutters conceit, grasps wrong view. Faith... precepts... learning... generosity... wisdom are a condition for lust... hatred... delusion... conceit... wrong view... aspiration, by way of decisive support. (2) Wholesome phenomena are a condition for indeterminate phenomena by way of decisive support – object decisive support, contiguity decisive support, natural decisive support. Object decisive support – an Arahant, having emerged from the path, regards the path as important and reviews it. Contiguity decisive support – wholesome states (are a condition) for emergence... the path for the fruit... adaptation for the trainee's attainment of fruit... the wholesome state of neither-perception-nor-non-perception for the attainment of fruit for one emerging from cessation, by way of deci- is a condition by way of decisive support. Natural Decisive Support – Relying on faith, one torments oneself, afflicts oneself, one experiences suffering rooted in searching. Relying on virtue... on learning... on generosity... on wisdom, one torments oneself, afflicts oneself, one experiences suffering rooted in searching. Faith... virtue... learning... generosity... wisdom are a condition by way of decisive support for bodily pleasure... for bodily pain... for the attainment of fruition. Wholesome kamma is a condition by way of decisive support for its result. An Arahant, relying on the path, generates unarisen functional attainment, enters into arisen attainment, discerns formations as impermanent, as suffering, as not-self. The path for the Arahant is a condition by way of decisive support for analytical knowledge of meaning, analytical knowledge of phenomena, analytical knowledge of language, analytical knowledge of ready wit, for skill in what is possible and impossible. The path is a condition by way of decisive support for the attainment of fruition. Unwholesome phenomena are a condition by way of decisive support for unwholesome phenomena – object decisive support, contiguity decisive support, natural decisive support. Object Decisive Support – Making lust weighty, one enjoys and delights in it; making that weighty, lust arises, wrong view arises. Making wrong view weighty, one enjoys and delights in it; making that weighty, lust arises, wrong view arises. Contiguity Decisive Support – Earlier, earlier unwholesome aggregates are a condition by way of decisive support for later, later unwholesome aggregates. Natural Decisive Support – Relying on lust, one kills living beings, takes what is not given, speaks falsely, speaks divisively, speaks harshly, engages in idle chatter, breaks into houses, commits robbery, commits highway robbery, stands on the highway,