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Knowledge of name and form…pe… Knowledge of consciousness…pe… Knowledge of volitional formations, knowledge of the arising of volitional formations, knowledge of the cessation of volitional formations, knowledge of the path leading to the cessation of volitional formations. Thus, knowledge-object is fourfold. Knowledge-object is fivefold – right concentration with five factors, right concentration with five knowledges. Thus, knowledge-object is fivefold. Knowledge-object is sixfold – wisdom in the six super-knowledges. Thus, knowledge-object is sixfold. Knowledge-object is sevenfold – seventy-seven knowledge-objects. Thus, knowledge-object is sevenfold. The section on the bases of knowledge. The bases of knowledge are eightfold – wisdom in the four paths, wisdom in the four fruits. Thus, the bases of knowledge are eightfold. The bases of knowledge are ninefold – wisdom in the nine successive dwelling attainments. Thus, the bases of knowledge are ninefold. The bases of knowledge are tenfold – the ten powers of a Tathāgata, with which powers endowed, the Tathāgata claims the foremost place, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, sets rolling the wheel of Brahmā. What are the ten? Here, the Tathāgata understands as it actually is what is possible as possible, and what is impossible as impossible. In that the Tathāgata understands as it actually is what is possible as possible, and what is impossible as impossible, this too is a power of the Tathāgata. Relying on which power the Tathāgata claims the foremost place, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, sets rolling the wheel of Brahmā. Furthermore, the Tathāgata understands as it actually is the ripening of deeds undertaken in the past, future, and present, according to their basis and cause. In that the Tathāgata understands as it actually is the ripening of deeds undertaken in the past, future, and present, according to their basis and cause, this too is a power of the Tathāgata. Relying on which power the Tathāgata claims the foremost place, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, sets rolling the wheel of Brahmā. Furthermore, the Tathāgata understands as it actually is the path that leads everywhere. In that the Tathāgata understands as it actually is the path that leads everywhere, this too is a power of the Tathāgata. Relying on which power the Tathāgata claims the foremost place, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, sets rolling the wheel of Brahmā. Furthermore, the Tathāgata understands as it actually is the world with its many diverse elements. In that the Tathāgata understands as it actually is the world with its many diverse elements, this too is a power of the Tathāgata. Relying on which power the Tathāgata claims the foremost place, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, He sets in motion the Wheel of Dhamma. Furthermore, the Tathāgata understands as it actually is the diversity of inclinations in beings. In that the Tathāgata understands as it actually is the diversity of inclinations in beings, this too is a power of the Tathāgata. Relying on which power the Tathāgata claims the foremost place, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets in motion the Wheel of Dhamma. Furthermore, the Tathāgata understands as it actually is the higher or lower faculties of other beings, other persons. In that the Tathāgata understands as it actually is the higher or lower faculties of other beings, other persons, this too is a power of the Tathāgata. Relying on which power the Tathāgata claims the foremost place, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets in motion the Wheel of Dhamma. Furthermore, the Tathāgata understands as it actually is the defilement, cleansing, and emergence in regard to absorptions, liberations, concentrations, and attainments. In that the Tathāgata understands as it actually is the defilement, cleansing, and emergence in regard to absorptions, liberations, concentrations, and attainments, this too is a power of the Tathāgata. Relying on which power the Tathāgata claims the foremost place, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets in motion the Wheel of Dhamma. Furthermore, the Tathāgata understands as it actually is the recollection of past lives. In that the Tathāgata understands as it actually is the recollection of past lives, this too is a power of the Tathāgata. Relying on which power the Tathāgata claims the foremost place, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets in motion the Wheel of Dhamma. Furthermore, the Tathāgata understands as it actually is the passing away and rebirth of beings. In that the Tathāgata understands as it actually is the passing away and rebirth of beings, this too is a power of the Tathāgata. Relying on which power the Tathāgata claims the foremost place, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets in motion the Wheel of Dhamma. Furthermore, the Tathāgata understands as it actually is the destruction of the taints. In that the T Furthermore, having come, he understands as it actually is the destruction of the taints, this too is a strength of the Tathāgata. Relying on which strength, the Tathāgata claims the foremost place, roars his lion's roar in assemblies, and sets rolling the wheel of Brahma. These are the ten strengths of the Tathāgata. Endowed with which strengths, the Tathāgata claims the foremost place, roars his lion's roar in assemblies, and sets rolling the wheel of Brahma. Thus, the ten kinds of bases of knowledge. The Analysis of Knowledge. The Analysis of Minor Matters. The Group of Ones. Pride in birth, pride in lineage, pride in health, pride in youth, pride in life, pride in gain, pride in honor, pride in respect, pride in deference, pride in retinue, pride in wealth, pride in beauty, pride in learning, pride in eloquence, pride in seniority, pride in being a mendicant, pride in being unreviled, pride in deportment, pride in psychic power, pride in fame, pride in virtue, pride in absorption, pride in skill, pride in height, pride in girth, pride in form, pride in completeness, conceit, negligence, stubbornness, aggressiveness, excessive greed, great greed, evil greed, arrogance, insolence, fickleness, improper conduct, discontent, sloth, yawning, drunkenness from food, and dullness of mind, deceitfulness, flattery, hinting, pressure, desire to gain advantage by means of gain, the thought, "I am better," the thought, "I am equal," the thought, "I am inferior." In the case of one who is better, the thought, "I am better," in the case of one who is better, the thought, "I am equal," in the case of one who is better, the thought, "I am inferior," in the case of one who is equal, the thought, "I am better," in the case of one who is equal, the thought, "I am equal," in the case of one who is equal, the thought, "I am inferior," in the case of one who is inferior, the thought, "I am better," in the case of one who is inferior, the thought, "I am equal," in the case of one who is inferior, the thought, "I am inferior," conceit, excessive conceit, conceit and excessive conceit, inferiority conceit, superiority conceit, the conceit "I am," wrong conceit, speculation about relatives, speculation about countries, speculation about immortality, speculation connected with lack of compassion for others, speculation connected with gain, honor, and fame, speculation about being unreviled. Connected with the threefold. Single. Dual Anger and resentment, contempt and insolence, envy and stinginess, deceit and craftiness, ignorance and craving for existence, the view of existence and the view of non-existence, the eternalist view and the annihilationist view, the finite-world view and the infinite-world view, the view attached to the past and the view attached to the future, shamelessness and recklessness, stubbornness and bad companionship, inflexibility and ungentleness, impatience and lack of mildness, unsociability and lack of cordiality, unguardedness of the senses and immoderation in eating, forgetfulness and lack of clear comprehension, failure in morality and failure in view, inner fetters and outer fetters. Dual. Triad Three unwholesome roots, three unwholesome thoughts, three unwholesome perceptions, three unwholesome elements, three evil courses of conduct, three taints, three fetters, three cravings, also three cravings, also three cravings, three kinds of seeking, three kinds of discrimination, three fears, three darknesses, three sectarian bases, three possessions, three defilements, three unevennesses, also three unevennesses, three fires, three corruptions, also three corruptions. The view of delight, the view of self, wrong view, discontent, harmfulness, unrighteous conduct, stubbornness, bad companionship, perception of diversity, restlessness, sloth, negligence, discontent, lack of clear comprehension, great ambition, shamelessness, recklessness, negligence, disrespect, stubbornness, bad companionship, lack of faith, ingratitude, sloth, restlessness, lack of restraint, immorality, unwillingness to see the noble ones, unwillingness to hear the true Dhamma, a mind given to reproach, forgetfulness, lack of clear comprehension, distraction of mind, unwise attention, cultivation of wrong paths, and a mind that is sluggish. Triad. Quartet Four taints, four bonds, four floods, four yokes, four kinds of clinging, four origins of craving, four unskillful Three kinds of conceit, Four perversions, Four un-Aryan practices, And again four un-Aryan practices, Four kinds of misconduct, And again four kinds of misconduct, Four fears, (And again four fears,) Four views. The Fours. Five lower fetters, Five higher fetters, Five kinds of stinginess, Five bonds, Five darts, Five mental barrennesses, Five mental hindrances, Five mental fetters, Five hindrances, Five deeds of immediate result, Five views, Five enmities, Five calamities, Five drawbacks of impatience, Five fears, Five theories of immediate Nibbāna. The Fives.