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Therefore, in those questions where only one condition is stated, such as "wholesome dhamma is related to wholesome and indeterminate dhamma by way of the co-nascence condition," when that condition is rejected, those questions lapse. But in a question where two conditions are stated, such as "wholesome dhamma is related to unwholesome dhamma by way of the object condition and the support condition," even if one condition, such as the object condition, is rejected, that question is still obtainable by way of the other condition. However, if both of those conditions are rejected, that occasion is cut off. Just so, in those questions where three, four, five, or seven are obtainable, having rejected a condition, leaving aside the others, those questions are still obtainable. But when all the conditions are rejected, all those occasions are cut off. This is the characteristic here. By this characteristic, from the beginning onwards, in those various questions, the distinctions of the conditions stated in brief, and in those various counter-positions, the lapsing of those various questions should be understood. Here is the detailed explanation: In the first question, nineteen conditions are shown by three conditions. How? Wholesome is not related to wholesome by way of the pre-nascence, post-nascence, result, and dissociation conditions. It is related by the remaining twenty. Among these, the object condition is one. But in the co-nascence condition, fifteen conditions are said to be included by way of complete inclusion. When the root condition is rejected among these, there are fourteen. But wholesome is not related to wholesome by way of the result condition, nor the dissociation condition. Having removed those two, the remaining twelve are stated, referring to the co-nascence condition. In the support condition also, nine conditions are said to be included by way of complete inclusion. Among these, the dominating object condition and the object-based dominating condition have entered into the support condition as object-support. But wholesome is related to wholesome. The condition of being a karma-condition at different moments does not exist, so having removed that, with regard to the remaining six, it is said to be a condition by way of the supportive-condition. Thus, in the first question, it should be understood that nineteen conditions are shown by three conditions. In these, in this section on the non-cause-condition, "a wholesome state is a condition for a wholesome state by way of the non-cause-condition, having given a gift, having undertaken precepts, having performed the Uposatha observance, one reflects on that, one reflects on deeds well done in the past," in this way, having extracted the text in the same manner as stated in the sections on the object-condition etc., the Pāli should be shown. However, when the object-condition is rejected, having removed its elaboration, having inserted the elaboration of the cause-condition, that same Pāli should be shown, and this is the same method even when other conditions are rejected. However, when a certain condition is rejected, the sections that are omitted, we will explain later. However, in the second question, three conditions are shown by two conditions. How? A wholesome state is not a condition for an unwholesome state by way of the immediately-contiguous-condition etc. Therefore, having removed those, with regard to the object-condition and the supportive-condition taken together, both the object-domination and the natural-support, it is said to be a condition by way of the supportive-condition. Therefore, the pure object-condition, the domination-condition by way of object-domination, and the supportive-condition, in the second question, it should be understood that these three conditions are shown by two conditions. However, in the third question, eighteen conditions are shown by five conditions. How? A wholesome state is only a condition for an indeterminate state by way of the mutual, pre-arisen, habitual, resultant, and associated conditions, not by the remaining nineteen. Of those, the object-condition is one. However, since a wholesome state is not a condition for an indeterminate state by way of the mutual, resultant, and associated conditions, the cause-condition is rejected, the karma-condition is taken separately, therefore, having removed these five, ten conditions are shown by way of the co-nascent condition. Having established the six stated below by way of the supportive-condition, the habitual condition is one, the remaining five. The post-nascence condition is only one, likewise, the co-nascent condition is twofold by way of being momentary and non-momentary. And thus, it should be understood that in the third question, with respect to the condition of object, these eighteen conditions are shown through five conditions. But in the fourth question, ten are shown through one condition. How? For a wholesome state is a condition for wholesome and indeterminate states by way of the fifteen conditions mentioned under co-nascence, except for the conditions of reciprocity, result, association, and dissociation; the condition of root is excluded. Thus, it should be understood that these five having been removed, the remaining ten conditions are shown here through one condition. 528. And just as in these four cases beginning with wholesome states, so also in the four questions beginning with unwholesome states, those same conditions are shown through those respective conditions, it should be understood. 529. Thereafter, in the first question of the three questions beginning with indeterminate states, twenty-three conditions are shown through seven conditions. How? For an indeterminate state is a condition for an indeterminate state by all twenty-four conditions. But with the condition of root excluded, there are twenty-three. Among these, the condition of object is only one. Since here, for the purpose of including even non-co-nascent states, the conditions of nutriment and faculty are taken separately. Therefore, these three having been removed, twelve conditions are shown through co-nascence. By dependence, the six mentioned below; the pre-nascent is only one; and thus, the conditions of post-nascence, nutriment, and faculty. Thus, it should be understood that in this case, these twenty-three conditions are shown through seven conditions. In the second, twelve are shown through three conditions. How? The condition of object is one, but by dependence, six are shown by way of object-dependence, namely, the conditions of object, dominance, contiguity, immediacy, absence, and separation-dependence. By pre-nascence, the five of pre-nascence, support, dissociation, presence, and non-disappearance. Thus, it should be understood that in this case, these twelve conditions are shown through three conditions. The same method applies in the third as well. 530. Thereafter, in the first question of the four questions based on pairs, by saying "co-nascent condition, pre-nascent condition" without saying "co-nascent, pre-nascent," three conditions are shown by way of support, presence, and non-disappearance. For wholesome aggregates, indeed, Though coexisting with it, establishing the conditionality of the wholesome, they are co-born, but not a co-nascence condition, due to being mixed with matter. Therefore, regarding these co-born things, based on dependence, presence, and non-departure, it is called co-born. The same method applies to matter. Though it is pre-nascence, it is not a pre-nascence condition, due to being mixed with aggregates. It is only called pre-nascence, based on the dependence, etc., of pre-nascence things. In the second question, "co-born, post-nascence, nutriment, faculty," these four, when stated, show four conditions, based on co-born dependence, presence, and non-departure. In this instance, the co-nascence condition is obtained, but the post-nascence condition, etc., are not obtained. However, this is stated, based on the presence and non-departure of post-nascence things, designated as nutriment and faculty. For wholesome aggregates and indeterminate aggregates, and the great elements, there are four conditions for the derived matter: co-nascence condition, dependence condition, presence condition, and non-departure condition. But post-nascence wholesome things, together with those same elements, are a condition for those same derived matter, only by way of presence and non-departure. Also, edible food, together with post-nascence wholesome things, is a condition for the pre-nascence body, only by way of presence and non-departure. And the life faculty of materiality, together with post-nascence wholesome things, is a condition for the materiality produced by action, only by way of the presence and non-departure condition. Thus, referring to this fourfold conditionality, "co-born, post-nascence, nutriment, faculty" is stated. Here, the post-nascence nutriment and faculty conditions are not obtained at all. The same method applies to the two questions mixed with unwholesome things later on. Thus, here, the distinctions of the conditions stated concisely in those various questions should be understood. However, regarding the presence or absence of those questions in each condition, we will reveal it later. Explanation of the meaning of the counter-condition extraction. Explanation of the enumeration of counter-conditions. 532. Now, these fifteen instances, beginning with "a wholesome thing is a condition for a wholesome thing," have been shown in the direct order. What These are only in the negatives, not beyond this; but they are below, therefore, to show by calculation from the beginning, the instances that can be obtained in the negatives of each condition, "Fifteen due to non-root" etc. is begun. There, by way of non-root, fifteen are obtained by way of all the conditions as shown. In non-object,