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Here is the characteristic: In this instance, regarding the question, the dhammas that are connected with the term extracted, and the dhammas that are disconnected from them, the disconnection from aggregates, etc., is asked and answered. But that does not apply to the form aggregate, etc. For there is nothing connected with the form aggregate. Therefore, that and other such terms are not taken in this instance. But those terms that indicate the dhammas connected with the dhamma element and consciousness unmixed with others are taken here. This is their summary: "Four aggregates and one sense-sphere, Two faculties and seven element-terms; Three conditions, then seven contacts, Three triads, seven in the great interval. "One with initial thought, one with sustained thought; And one connected with equanimity." In conclusion, this same meaning is included by "four aggregates," etc. There, the terms with similar answers, having been arranged in order, the questions regarding the feeling aggregate, etc., are asked. Among them, the division of aggregates, etc., should be understood thus. In the question about the feeling aggregate, etc. – by one: by the mind sense-sphere. By seven: by the consciousness elements. By some: by feeling, etc., in the dhamma sense-sphere. In the question about the consciousness element – those dhammas by none: those are the six remaining consciousness element-dhammas, form, and Nibbāna, excluding the consciousness element-term extracted in the question. Because all aggregates and sense-spheres are included by them, they are not disconnected from any aggregates or sense-spheres. By one element: by whichever is extracted in the question. 309. In the question about the equanimity faculty – by five: by the eye-consciousness element, etc., connected with equanimity. In this way, everywhere, the meaning should be understood in terms of those disconnected from the term extracted in the question. Explanation of the Connected and Disconnected Terms. 8. Eighth Method: Vi Explanation of the 'Associated with the Dissociated' Category 317. Now, to analyze the category 'Associated with the Dissociated,' it begins with 'By the form aggregate,' etc. Here, all questions are futile. For what is dissociated from the form aggregate are the four aggregates, and they have no association with others. What is dissociated from the feeling aggregate are form and Nibbāna, and they have no association with anything. Thus, in all instances. However, the absence of association for the dissociated should be understood. Thus, because the question is futile, in all answers, only 'no, no' is stated. Explanation of the 'Associated with the Dissociated' Category. 9. The Ninth Mode: Explanation of the 'Associated with the Associated' Category 319. Now, to analyze the category 'Associated with the Associated,' it begins with 'By the feeling aggregate,' etc. Here, what is associated in terms of aggregates, etc., is questioned again regarding its association with those same aggregates, etc., and an answer is given. That does not fit with form, or with form-mixed terms, or with terms encompassing all the form aggregate. For form, or what is mixed with form, has no association with others. Since all aggregates, etc., capable of association with all-encompassing form aggregate terms are included, there is nothing else that could enter into association with it. Therefore, such terms are not included here. However, those terms that indicate a portion of the formless, not mixed with form, are included here. This is their summary: "Four formless aggregates, and the mind-base; Seven consciousness elements, two truths, fourteen faculties. "Twelve conditions, then sixteen more; Eight groups in triads, forty-three in total. "Seven in the great pairs, six terms in the back pairs; These are included in the exposition of the ninth term." However, in all questions, the phenomena extracted from the question, and with what they are associated, should be understood in terms of the aggregate division, etc. For the other three aggregates are associated with the feeling aggregate, and the feeling aggregate is associated with them. Thus, it is associated with those three aggregates, namely perception, etc., with one mind-base, with seven consciousness-elements, in one object-base, and with the mind-element, only with some perception-formations. This is the method everywhere. Explanation of the "associated with the associated" term. 10. The Tenth Method: Explanation of the "dissociated from the dissociated" term. 353. Now, to analyze the term "dissociated from the dissociated," it is begun with "by the form aggregate," etc. There, in the designation of terms for association and dissociation, the phenomena extracted, such as the form aggregate, etc., are the same ones extracted in all questions. However, because similar answers are taken together, the terms come in a different order. There, the term extracted in the question, in terms of which phenomena it is dissociated from, the division of aggregates, etc., should be understood. For the form aggregate is dissociated from feeling, etc., and they are dissociated from the form aggregate. But Nibbāna is only a subtle form-state. That form aggregate is dissociated from the four aggregates, with one mind-base, with seven consciousness-elements, in the object-base and mind-element, only with some phenomena such as feeling, etc. This is the method everywhere. Explanation of the "dissociated from the dissociated" term. 11. The Eleventh Method: Explanation of the "included by the associated and dissociated" term. 409. Now, to analyze the term "included by the associated and dissociated," it is begun with "by the truth of origin," etc. There, in the designation of terms for inclusion, the phenomena extracted, such as the truth of origin, etc., are the same ones extracted in all questions. However, because similar answers are taken together, the terms come in a different order. There, the phenomena included by the term extracted in the question, by the inclusion of aggregates, etc., in terms of which there is association or dissociation, the division of aggregates, etc., should be understood. Here is the method: the phenomena pertaining to the formation aggregate are included by the truth of origin, by the inclusion of aggregates, etc. And they are with the remaining three aggregates, with one mind-base, with seven Having placed craving, connected with the remainder, in the aggregates of consciousness, the elements of the sense-sphere, and the elements of mind-objects and mind-element, it is called connected with some. But being disconnected from the one aggregate of form, the ten sense-spheres, and the element of form, and being disconnected from the one mind-object sphere and the mind-element, and the formless cessation, it is called disconnected from some. In this way, the meaning should be understood everywhere. Explanation of the Terms Connected and Disconnected by Inclusion. 12. The Twelfth Method: Explanation of the Terms Included and Not Included by Connection 417. Now, to analyze the term included and not included by connection, "the aggregate of feeling" and so on are begun. There, the aggregates of feeling and other phenomena that were extracted in the explanation of the term connected by connection, the same are extracted in all questions. There, the phenomena that are connected with the extracted term in the question, the distinction of aggregates and so on should be understood based on their inclusion or non-inclusion. Here is the method: the aggregate of feeling is connected with perception and so on. Those perceptions and so on are included by the three aggregates of perception and so on, the two mind-object and mind spheres, and the mind-element, and the seven consciousness elements, that is, eight elements, and not included by the remaining aggregates, spheres, and elements. In this way, the meaning should be understood everywhere. Explanation of the Terms Included and Not Included by Connection. 13. The Thirteenth Method: Explanation of the Terms Connected and Disconnected by Non-Inclusion 448. Now, to analyze the term connected and disconnected by non-inclusion, "the aggregate of form" and so on are begun. There, the phenomena similar to the aggregate of form in the explanation of the term not included by non-inclusion in the fifth, and those similar to the formless existence, the same are extracted. But the remainder do not arise, therefore they are not extracted. For the aggregates of form and formless phenomena are not included by the aggregate of feeling and so on. And there is no connection for them. Therefore, only those terms that arise, having combined them with similar explanations, are extracted. Here, those phenomena not included in the categories of the question, such as aggregates, should be understood in terms of aggregates, etc., based on what they are associated with and dissociated from. Here is the method: consciousness alone, is not included by the three inclusions of the form aggregate. It is associated with the three aggregates, feeling, etc., and in the element and sphere of phenomena, with feeling, etc., themselves. It is dissociated from the one form aggregate, the ten spheres and elements of form, and in the element and sphere of phenomena, from form and Nibbāna phenomena. Referring to that, it is said, "those phenomena are by the three aggregates," etc. In this way, the meaning should be understood everywhere. Explanation of the words "not included, associated, dissociated." 14. The fourteenth method: explanation of the words "dissociated, included, not included." 456. Now, to analyze the words "dissociated, included, not included," "by the form aggregate," etc., is begun. Here, those terms for which dissociation is not fitting are not included in this section. What are those? The sphere of phenomena, etc.