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Of them the object itself, when it becomes prominent
and attracts our attention, serves as a powerful dependence.
Cittas and cetasikas, which have just ceased, act as the
powerful dependence of contiguity.
The powerful dependence of intrinsic nature is of several
kinds: akusala dhamma such as ràga, dosa, etc., kusala dhamma
such as saddhà, sati, etc., bodily pleasant feeling, bodily pain,
person, food, weather, season, lodging place, etc. These are
related by way of powerful dependence to moral states,
immoral states resultant states (vipàka) and functional states
(kiriya) which subsequently arise either internally (ajjhattika)
or externally (bahiddha). Powerful kamma is also similarly
related to its effects.
6 Mind and matter are related to mind and matter in nine
ways – viz., adhipati, sahajàta, a¤¤ama¤¤a, nissaya, àhàra,
indriya, vippayutta, atthi and avigata.
1 There in the relation of adhipati (predominance) is
twofold:
i. Very prominent object which draws one’s attention is
related to cittas and cetasikas by way of objective
predominance (àrammaõàdhipati) condition.
ii. The fourfold co-nascent predominance (chanda, viriya,
citta, vãmaüsa) is related to co-nascent citta, cetasikas and
matter by way of co-nascent predominance (sahajàtàdhipati)
condition.
2 The relation of sahajàta (co-nascence) is threefold:
i Co-nascent citta and cetasikas are related to one another
and also to co-nascent matter by way of sahajàta
condition.