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By Htoo Naing

= Chapter 27 - Avigata Paccayo =

Or Non-disappearance Condition
Avigata paccayoti

cattāro khandhā arūpino annamannam avigata paccayena paccayo.

Avigata is made of a + vigata and a means no or not and vigata means disappearance. So avigata means non disappearance. Example is ocean. Ocean is there and it is there and it does not disappear and it exists. By this non disappearance ocean support all the living things that live in it.

There are cattāro khandhā arūpino or there are 4 arūpa khandhas or 4 namakkhandhas. They are vedanakkhandha or feeling aggregate, sannakkhandha or perception aggregate, sankharakkhandha or formation aggregate, and vinnānakkhandha or consciousness aggregate.

They serve as avigata paccaya to each other of their 4 namakkhandhas. When one is there and does not disappear that non disappearance help other 3 namakkhandhas as sahajāta avigata paccaya or conascence non disappearance condition.

Cattāro mahābhūtā annamannam avigata paccayena paccayo. There are 4 maha bhuta rūpa. They serve as avigata paccaya or non disappearance condition to each other among them.

Okkantikkhane nāma rūpam annamannam avigata paccayena paccayo.

At patisandhi or as soon as a new life starts there arise patisandhi nāma and rūpa. They are 4 vipāka namakkhandha and hadaya vatthu. They each serve as non disappearance condition or avigata paccaya to each other of nāma or rūpa. That is hadaya vatthu rūpa serves as avigata paccaya or non disappearance condition for 4 vipāka namakkhandha and 4 vipāka namakkhandha aslo serve as non disappearance condition for hadaya vatthu and they also serve as avigata paccaya to each other among 4 namakkhandhas.

Citta cetasikā dhammā citta samutthānānam rūpānam avigata paccayena paccayo.

Cittas and thier associated cetasikas serve as conditioning dhamma for cittaja rūpa or consciousness born rūpa. This means that without citta and cetasikas these cittaja rūpas can never arise. Citta and cetasika arise and they while do not disappear condition the cittaja rūpa with avigata paccaya or non disappearance condition.

Mahābhūtā upādārūpānam avigata paccayena paccayo.

There are 4 mahabhuta rūpa and they serve as avigata paccaya or non disappearance condition for 24 upādā rūpa. Without 4 mahabhuta rūpa these 24 upādasa rūpa can never arise. 4 māhā bhūta rūpa arise and while they do not disappear they serve as avigata paccaya or non disappearance condition for 24 upādā rūpas.

Cakkhāyatanam cakkhuvinnāna dhātuyā tam sampayuttakānanca dhammānam avigata paccayena paccayo.

Cakkhāyatanam or cakkhu pasada rūpa serve as conditioning dhamma for cakkhuvinnāna citta and its associated cetasika by non disappearaing. Without cakkhu pasada rūpa there will not be any cakkhuvinnāna citta at all. This relationship between rūpa of cakkhu pasada and nāma or cakkhuvinnāna citta is known as avigata paccaya or non disappearance condition. Paticcasamuppāda just reveal the cause and the effect. But it does not relate how the cause and effect are related. But patthana dhamma reveal both cause and effect and as an extra dhamma patthana dhamma also reveal how these cause and effect are related with paccaya. Cakkha pasada rūpa conditions cakkhuvinnāna citta and its associates with non disappearane condition or avigata paccaya.

Likewise Rūpāyatanam cakkhuvinnāna dhātuyā tam sampayuttakānanca dhammānam avigata paccayena paccayo.
 * 1) sotāyatana to sotavinnāna dhātu
 * 2) ghānayatana to ghāna dhātu
 * 3) jibhāyatana to jivhā dhātu
 * 4) kāyāyatana to kāyavinnāna dhātu.

Rupayatana or rupa rupa or form rupa shape rupa colour rupa serve as conditioning dhamma for cakkhuvināna dhātu and its associates. The relationship is called avigata paccaya or non disappearance condition.

Likewise Rūpāyatanam saddāyatanam gandhāyatanam rasāyatanam photthabāyatanam manodhātuyā tam sampayuttakānanca dhamānam avigata paccayena paccayo.
 * 1) saddāyatana to sotavinnāna dhātu
 * 2) gandhāyatana to ghanavinnāna dhātu
 * 3) rasayatana to jivhāvinnāna dhātu
 * 4) photthabbāyatana to kāyavinnāna dhātu.

Rupayatana or form/shape, saddayatana or sound, gandhayatana or smell, rasayatana or taste, photthabāyatana or touch sense (pathavi, tejo, vayo) serve as non disappearance condition for manodhātu. There are 3 manodhātu. They are pancadvaravajjana citta and 2 sampaticchana cittas. 5 rūpa ayatana being 5 panca arammana serve as avigata paccaya or non disappearance condition for manodhātu or those 3 citta.

Yam rūpam nissāya manodhātu ca manovinnāna dhātu ca vattanti, tam rūpam manodhātuyā ca manovinnāna dhātuya ca tam sampayuttakānanca dhamānam avigata paccayena paccayo.

When there arise an ayatana serving as an arammana there have to arise a series of cittas in procession and these cittas in procession are called vithi cittas. In the greatest amount there are maximum of 14 vithi citta when an arammana of pancayatana arises. While panca ayatana which is a rūpa is existing and non disappearing there arise a series of citta. While there is still rūpa ( 17 cittakkhana life ) and it is not disappearing it serves as conditioning dhamma to all these 14 vithi citta. 3 bhavanaga cittas do not deal with this current arammana but they deal with their own object, which is the current object for them. By non disappearing rūpa as ayatana and arammana serve as conditioning dhamma to these 14 vithi cittas.
 * 1) atita bhavanga cittas or past life continuing consciousness
 * 2) bhavanga cala citta or vibrating life continuing consciousness
 * 3) bhavanguppaccheda citta or arresting life continuing consciousness
 * 4) panca dvara avajjana citta or 5-sense door adverting consciousness
 * 5) panca vinnāna citta or 5-sense consciousness
 * 6) sampaticchana citta or receiving consciousness
 * 7) santiranba citta or investigating consciousness
 * 8) votthapana citta or determining consciousness (done by manodvara avajjana citta )
 * 9) javana citta or mental impulsive consciousness ( done by 29 kāma javana cittas )
 * 10) javana citta 2
 * 11) javana citta 3
 * 12) javana citta 4
 * 13) javana citta 5
 * 14) javana citta 6
 * 15) javana citta 7
 * 16) tadārammana citta or retaining consciousness (done by 8 mahavipaka citta and 3 santirana cittas)
 * 17) tadarammana citta 2.

Rūpa serves as avigata paccaya or non disappearance condition to 1st manodhātu of pancadvara avajjana citta, then to panca vinnāna citta, then to manodhātu again of sampaticchana citta and then to manovinnāna dhātu of santirana, votthapana or manodvara avajjana citta, 29 javana citta, and 11 tadarammana cittas.

There are 5 avigata paccaya. They are Dhamma arise and by non disappearance condition other dhammas as non disappearance condition or avigata paccaya. There are oceans and by non disappearance oceans serve as condition for all living beings in them.
 * 1) sahajātāvigata paccaya or conascence non disappearance condition
 * 2) purejātāvigata paccaya or prenascence non disappearance condition
 * 3) pacchājātāvigata paccaya or post nascence non disappearance condition
 * 4) āhārāvigata paccaya or nutriment non disappearance condition
 * 5) indriyāvigata paccaya or faculty non disappearance condition.

1. sahajātāvigata paccaya

2. purejātāvigata paccaya or prenascence non disappearance condition

3. pacchājātāvigata paccaya or postnascence non disappearance condition

4. āhārāvigata paccaya or nutriment non disappearance condition

5. indriyāvigata paccaya or faculty non disappearance condition