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a wholesome state may arise through non-root condition," is to be understood. Also, the forward-reverse order of conditions, beginning with "depending on a wholesome state… etc… arises through root condition, but not object condition." Also, the reverse-forward order, beginning with "depending on a wholesome state… etc… may arise through non-root condition, object condition," should be applied everywhere. This, then, is the method in the question section here. The explanation section, however, proceeds in terms of answers only to those questions that receive an answer, excluding those questions presented in the presentation section, such as "depending on a wholesome state, a wholesome state arises," which receive no answer at all, since wholesome and unwholesome states, etc., do not arise together. Here is the method: "Depending on a wholesome state, a wholesome state arises through root condition. Depending on one wholesome aggregate, three aggregates arise. Depending on three aggregates, one aggregate arises. Depending on two aggregates, two aggregates arise. Depending on a wholesome state, an indeterminate state arises through root condition. Depending on wholesome aggregates, mind-originated matter arises. Depending on a wholesome state, wholesome and indeterminate states arise through root condition. Depending on one wholesome aggregate, three aggregates and mind-originated matter arise. Depending on three aggregates, one aggregate and mind-originated matter arise. Depending on two aggregates, two aggregates and mind-orig "And form ceases," thus, of the seven questions rooted in wholesome states, only three are answerable and explained. Likewise, of those rooted in unwholesome states, only three. But of those rooted in the indeterminate, "Conditioned by an indeterminate state, an indeterminate state arises through the root condition. Resultant-indeterminate, action-indeterminate: conditioned by one aggregate, three aggregates and mind-originated form... ...conditioned by two aggregates, two aggregates and mind-originated form. At the moment of rebirth, conditioned by one resultant-indeterminate aggregate, three aggregates and materiality produced by kamma... ...two aggregates and materiality produced by kamma. Conditioned by aggregates, the base; conditioned by the base, aggregates. Conditioned by one great element, three great elements... ...conditioned by two great elements, two great elements. Conditioned by the great elements, mind-originated form, materiality produced by kamma, materiality sustained by nutriment," only one. And in the two-rooted and so on, "Conditioned by a wholesome and an indeterminate state, an indeterminate state arises through the root condition. Conditioned by wholesome aggregates and great elements, mind-originated form," only one. Likewise, "Conditioned by an unwholesome and an indeterminate state," thus, of the forty-nine questions rooted in the root condition, only nine are answerable and explained. The remaining forty are futile questions and not explained. Thus, above, in the condition of object and so on, the remaining questions after those explained should be understood as futile. But for the sake of ease of understanding, all the answerable and unanswerable questions in the question section are shown by the Blessed One, it should be understood. Therein, "Conditioned by a wholesome state," means having encountered and received one wholesome state of the nature of the feeling aggregate and so on in co-nascence, having attained it through similarity, by way of the state of simultaneous arising, is the meaning. For here, the word "paṭi" has the sense of similarity, as in "paṭipuggalo" and so on. "A wholesome state" means a co-arisen wholesome state of the nature of the perception aggregate and so on. "Arises" means it attains arising and so on from the state of manifestness, or it obtains itself. "Through the root condition" means not only through the wholesome state. That itself being the condition, it arises, but it arises by the skillful cause establishing the conditionality of cause, thus the meaning should be understood. Thus, to the question "would arise?" having stated the answer "arises" without distinction, now, to show specifically, in terms of aggregates, which phenomena arise dependent on which phenomena, "a skillful one aggregate" etc. was stated. Since here, one aggregate is not a condition for one or two, or two for one, therefore, without referring to them specifically, by "dependent on one aggregate, three aggregates" etc., all the remainder, taken as conditional, is shown as conditionally arisen. Thus it should be understood, everywhere above. "Form produced by mind" is stated to show that which, due to the meaning of dependence being the meaning of co-nascence, obtains both co-nascence and the condition of cause with the skillful, "resultant-indeterminate, action-indeterminate." Here, in the authority of the condition of cause, the causeless should not be taken. "Dependent on aggregates, the base" etc. is stated to show the arising of formless aggregates dependent on the base, even though the base is taken by the taking of the produced form. But "one great element" etc. is for showing the arising of indeterminate form dependent on indeterminate form. Here, in the condition of cause, the mental states that support, and in rebirth, the karma-produced ones, their conditionality as mutually conditional should be taken, not the causeless mind-produced, season-produced, etc., because of the absence of their arising by the condition of cause. "Dependent on the great elements, mind-produced" etc. is stated to show the arising of clinging etc. dependent on the great elements. By this method, the meaning of the answers in the condition of object etc. should also be understood. In the condition of object, "dependent on a skillful phenomenon, a skillful phenomenon arises, by the condition of object. Dependent on one aggregate… …dependent on two aggregates, two aggregates. Dependent on an unskillful phenomenon, an unskillful phenomenon… …dependent on an indeterminate phenomenon, an indeterminate… The conditioned Dhamma arises, due to the object condition. Indeterminate result, indeterminate action, one aggregate… …two aggregates. At the moment of rebirth, indeterminate result, one aggregate… …two aggregates. Conditioned by the base are the aggregates. Thus, three are distinguished. The rest are mixed with form, and because form does not arise through the object condition, they are not included. Therefore, having said, "Conditioned by the base are the aggregates," it is not said, "Conditioned by the aggregates is the base." Here, "object condition" means: a wholesome Dhamma arising conditioned by a co-arisen wholesome Dhamma, and by a different, non-co-arisen, sixfold object. This is how the meaning should be understood. For mental states do not arise by making what is co-arisen with themselves an object. In the dominance condition, the distinction is similar to the root condition. But in the immediately preceding and subsequent conditions, because of the absence of form, it is similar to the object condition. In the co-nascence condition also, it is similar to the root condition. But in the arising of the indeterminate conditioned by the indeterminate, "conditioned by one external primary element… …two primary elements. Conditioned by the primary elements is derived form… …form produced by nutriment, one primary element… …two primary elements… …form produced by temperature, one… …two primary elements… …in beings without perception, conditioned by one primary element… …two primary elements… …form produced by karma, derived form," this is additional. Thus also in the mutuality condition. Only there, form produced by karma and derived form are not included, because they lack mutuality. In the dependence condition, the distinction is similar to the co-nascence condition. But because the meaning of "condition" is the meaning of "co-nascence," the pre-nascence dependencies such as the eye, etc., are not included here. In the strong dependence condition also, because form does not arise through the strong dependence condition, the distinction is just like the object condition. But in the pre-nascence condition, "a wholesome Dhamma arises conditioned by a wholesome Dhamma, through the pre-nascence condition. One wholesome… …two aggregates. The base through the pre-nascence condition. An unwholesome Dhamma arises conditioned by an unwholesome… Unspecified... depending on unspecified phenomena, unspecified... due to the prenascent condition. Resultant-unspecified, functional-unspecified, one aggregate... two aggregates. The base, due to the prenascent condition," thus these three questions are answered. Here, "the base, due to the prenascent condition" is stated to negate the object-prenascent condition. For it establishes the prenascent condition only for eye-consciousness, etc., not for the mind-consciousness element, therefore it is not included here. The postnascent condition is not found in immaterial phenomena here. And in material phenomena, it is only supportive, not generative, therefore, "depending on unspecified phenomena, unspecified phenomena arise," etc., should not be stated, therefore this is not included. In the repetition condition too, like in the object condition, three questions are answered. In the kamma condition, "depending on wholesome phenomena, wholesome phenomena arise due to the kamma condition. Wholesome, one aggregate... unspecified phenomena arise... and mind-originated matter... wholesome and unspecified phenomena... mind-originated matter," in the wholesome category, there are three, similarly in the unwholesome category. But in the unspecified category, "depending on unspecified phenomena, unspecified... resultant-unspecified, functional-unspecified, depending on one aggregate...