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23 Disappearance Condition (Vigata Paccaya)
Consciousness and its concomitants, which have just disappeared
in contiguity, are related to the present consciousness and its
concomitants, which have arisen in a similar manner, by disappearance
condition.
24 Non-disappearance Condition (Avigata Paccaya)
The causal relations are the same as in presence condition. ‘Nondisappearance’
and ‘presence’ refer to similar conditions.
Summary of Causal Relations
1 Mind is related to mind in six ways – viz., anantara, samanantara,
àsevana, sampayutta, natthi and vigata. (Here ‘mind’
stands for ‘nàma’ which is a combination of citta and
cetasikas.)
How is mind related to mind in six ways?
Citta and cetasikas which have just ceased are related to
the present citta and cetasikas by way of anantara (contiguity),
sammanantara (immediacy), natthi (absence) and vigata
(disappearance) conditions.
Preceding javanas are related to subsequent javanas by
way of àsevana (repetition) condition.
Co-nascent citta and cetasikas are mutually related by
way of sampayutta (association) condition.
2 Mind is related to mind and matter in five ways – viz.,
hetu, jhàna, magga, kamma and vipàka.
How is mind related to mind and matter in five ways?
Hetus (roots), jhànaïgas (jhàna-factors) and maggaïgas
(path-constituents) are related to co-nascent mind and
matter by way of hetu (root), jhàna (absorption) and magga
(path) conditions.