Patthana-Ver.2-Chapter23

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By Htoo Naing

= Chapter 23 - Sampayutta Paccayo =

Or Association Condition
Sampayutta paccayoti

Cattāro khandhā arūpino annamannam sampayutta paccayena paccayo.

Sampayutta paccayo or association condition is this. Cattāro means four. Khandhā means aggregates. Cattāro khandhā means 4 aggregates. Arūpino means non material or nāma.

There are 4 arūpa khandhas or 4 non material aggregates. They are also known as namakkhandhas. These 4 namakkhandhas are Annamannam is made up of anna + anna. That means each other. So annamana means mutual. These 4 namakkhandhas serve as annamanna sampayutta paccaya or mutuality association condition to each other.
 * 1) vedanakkhandha or feeling aggregates
 * 2) sannakkhandha or perception aggregate
 * 3) sankharakkhandha or formation aggregate
 * 4) vinnānakkhandha or consciousness aggregate.

This means that vedana serves as the association condition for other 3 namakkhandha of sanna, sankhara and vinnana; sanna serves as the association condition for other 3 namakkhandha of vedana, sankhara, and vinnana; sankhara serves as the association condition for other 3 namakkhandha of vedana, sanna and vinnana; and vinnāna serves as the association condition for other 3 namakkhandha of vedana, sanna, and sankhara.

The conditioning dhamma is one of these 4 namakkhandhas. And the conditioned dhamma are other 3 namakkhandhas. The relationship between the conditioning dhamma and conditioned dhamma is called sampayutta paccayo or association condition.