Path of Freedom [Vimuttimagga]

292 Vimuttimaggated with the characteristics of arising through "condition"? Conditionedby nutriment, the form-aggregate arises. . Conditioned by contact, threeaggregates arise. Conditioned by name-form, the aggregate of consciousnessarises. 1 When a man perceives these with the eye of wisdom, hebecomes familiar with the characteristics of arising through "condition".Q. How can one be well acquainted with the characteristics through "ownproperty" ? A. The formations arise, renewing themselves. It is like the successionin the flame of a lamp. When a man perceives this with the eye of wisdom,he becomes familiar with the characteristics of arising through "own property".One can see the characteristics of the Truth of Origin through cause and condition.One can see the Truth of 111 through the arising of thought, 2 throughcondition and through own property. One can see by means of characteristicsof the being observed.* Thus one can be acquainted with the characteristics ofarising through three ways.Q, How can one be well acquainted with falling through three ways?A. Through the falling away of cause, the falling away of condition and thefalling away of own property. Here through the falling away of craving,ignorance, and kamma, the failing away of the aggregates is fulfilled. 3 Whenone perceives this with the eye of wisdom, one becomes familiar withthe characteristics of falling away, through the falling away of condition.Through the falling away of nutriment, the falling away of the form-aggregateis fulfilled; 4 through the falling away of contact, the falling away of three aggregatesis fulfilled; through the falling away of name-form, the falling awayof the aggregate of consciousness is fulfilled. 5 When a man sees this with theeye of wisdom, he becomes familiar with the falling away by way of the fallingaway of condition. The falling away of the formations is likened to recessionin the flame of a lamp. When a man sees this with the eye of wisdom, hebecomes familiar with falling away by way of own property. Here, throughthe falling away of the cause, one sees the Truth of Cessation. Owing tocharacteristics, (the first) seeing 6 is fulfilled. Through the grasping of thecharacteristics of the non-become, through the falling away of condition,through own property, through the destruction of views and through thecharacteristics of the Truth of 111, the first seeing is fulfilled.1. Cp. Pts. 57: Rupakkhandho dharasamudayo, vedand sahna sankhdrd tayo khandhaphassasamudaya, vinhdnakkhandho namarupasamudayo.2. Vitakka. *Lit. 'the being seen'.3. Cp. Pts. I, 55-57: *Avijjdnirodha rupanirodha* ti paccayanirodhatthena rupakkhandhassavayam passati, Uanhdnirodha rupanirodha* ti paccayanirodhatthena rupakkhandhassavayarh passati, kammanirodha riipanirodho? ti paccayanirodhatthena rupakkhandhassavayam passati...4. S. Ill, 59: Ahdranirodha rupanirodho.5. Cp. Pts. I, 57: 'namarupanirodha vinndnanirodho'ti paccayanirodhatthena vinndnakkhandhassavayam passati.6. Dassana.