Path of Freedom [Vimuttimagga]

The Five Methods 265depends on the place of birth, namely, a palace, habitation, mountain, tree,or river, according to destiny. The appropriate grasping-sign arises, and theman, leaning or sitting or lying (on his death-couch), grasps that. After theconsciousness which apperceives the past action or the action-sign or thedestiny or the destiny-sign ends, the last consciousness arises without a breakgradually through apperceptional consciousness. Only that action or actionsignor destiny or destiny-sign becomes the object of the basic resultant consciousness.Like the lighting of a lamp by a lamp, 1 or like fire issuing from aflame is re-Unking consciousness. 2In the womb of the mother, through the impurity of parents, thirtymaterial qualities are fulfilled by action of ten (?) sense-spheres. In themoment of decay, forty-six material qualities are fulfilled,*Thus consciousness conditions name-form. Name-form conditions consciousness.3 Thus the link of becoming is fulfilled. Here, the fulfilment of thethree links should be understood.FOUR GROUP DIVISIONQ. How, through the four groups? A. Ignorance and the formationsare divisions of the groups of action and defilement of the past. Consciousness,name-form, the six-sphered-sense, contact and feeling are divisions of thegroups of effect in the present. Craving, clinging and becoming are divisionsof action, and defilement of the present. Rebirth, and decay-and-death aredivisions of effect of the future. Thus one should know through the fourgroupdivision.TWENTY MODESQ. How, through twenty modes ? A. Through the grasping of ignoranceand of past craving and clinging and through the defilement-sign being grasped.Through the grasping of the formations of past becoming and through theaction-sign being grasped. Through the grasping of consciousness, of name-(d) Vbh.-a. 156: Gatinimittam nama nibbattanaka-okdse eko vanno upatfhdti. Tatthaniraye upaffhahante lohakumbhi-sadiso hutvd uppafthati. Manussaloke upafthahantemdtukucchi kambalayana-sadisd hutvd upatthati. Devaloke upatthahante kapparukkha-vimdna-sayanddiniupafthahanti.1. Mil. 71: Rdjd aha: Bhante Ndgasena, na ca sankamati patisandahati cdti.—Amamahdrdja, na ca sankamati patisandahati cdti.—Katham bhante Ndgasena na ca sankamatipatisandahati ca, opammam karohiti.— Yatha mahdrdja kocid eva puriso padipato padipampadipeyya, kin nu kho so mahdrdja padipo padipamhd sankanto ti.—Na hi bhante ti.—Evam eva kho mahdrdja na ca sankamati pafisandahati cdti.2. M. II, 262 ff.: Samvattanikam vinitanam.* The text is very confused here.3. S. II, 104: Paccuddvattati kho idarh vinndnam namarupamhd ndparam gacchati, ettavatdjayetha vd jlyetha vd miyetha vd cavetha vd upapajjetha vd yad idarh namarupapaccayaviMdnam i vinndnapaccaya namarupam, namarupapaccaya saldyatanarh, .. .pe...