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Sixth Method

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The exposition of the terms association and dissociation

1.

Aggregate

228. With how many aggregates, with how many sense bases, with how many elements is the aggregate of matter associated? There is not. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from four aggregates, from one sense base, from seven elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

229. The aggregate of feeling... the aggregate of perception... the aggregate of mental activities is associated with three aggregates, with one sense base, with seven elements; with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from ten elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

230. The aggregate of consciousness is associated with three aggregates; with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from ten elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

2.

Sense Base

231. The eye sense base, etc. the touch sense base... etc. Is it associated with? There is not. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from four aggregates, from one sense base, from seven elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

232. The mind sense base is associated with three aggregates; with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from ten elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

3.

Element

233. Eye-element, etc. touch element, etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from four aggregates, from one sense base, from seven elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

234. The eye-consciousness element, etc. the mind-element etc. the mind-consciousness element is associated with three aggregates; with one sense base, with one element, associated with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

4.

Truth and so on

235. The truth of origin... the truth of the path is associated with three aggregates, with one sense base, with one element; with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

236. The truth of cessation... the eye-faculty, etc. the body-faculty... the femininity faculty... masculinity-faculty, etc. Is it associated with? There is not. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from four aggregates, from one sense base, from seven elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

237. The mind faculty is associated with three aggregates; with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from ten elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

238. The faculty of pleasantness... the faculty of pain... the faculty of pleasure... the faculty of displeasure is associated with three aggregates, with one sense base, with one element; with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

239. The equanimity faculty is associated with three aggregates, with one sense base, with six elements; with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from eleven elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

240. The faith faculty... the energy faculty... the mindfulness faculty... the concentration faculty... the wisdom faculty... the faculty of "I shall know the unknown"... the faculty of final knowledge... the faculty of one who has final knowledge... ignorance... ignorance as condition for activities is associated with three aggregates, with one sense base, with one element; with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

241. With volitional activities as condition, consciousness is associated with three aggregates; with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from ten elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

242. Contact with the six sense bases as condition is associated with three aggregates, with one sense base, with seven elements; with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from ten elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

243. Feeling with contact as condition is associated with three aggregates, with one sense base, with seven elements; with one sense base, with one element, associated with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from ten elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

244. Feeling is the condition for craving... Craving is the condition for clinging... Kammic becoming is associated with three aggregates, with one sense base, with one element; with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

245. Fine-material existence, etc. associated with? There is not. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated not from any aggregates, not from any sense bases, from three elements.

246. Immaterial existence... neither-percipient-nor-non-percipient existence... four-aggregate constituent existence, etc. associated with? There is not. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

247. Non-percipient existence... Single-aggregate constituent existence... Lamentation, etc. associated with? There is not. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from four aggregates, from one sense base, from seven elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

248. Sorrow... suffering... displeasure is associated with three aggregates, with one sense base, with one element; with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

249. Anguish... establishment of mindfulness... right striving is associated with three aggregates, with one sense base, with one element; with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

250. The basis for spiritual power is associated with two aggregates; with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

251. Meditative absorption is associated with two aggregates, with one sense base, with one element; with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

252. The boundless states... the five faculties; the five powers... the seven factors of enlightenment... the noble eightfold path is associated with three aggregates, with one sense base, with one element; with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

253. Contact... volition... attention is associated with three aggregates, with one sense base, with seven elements; with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from ten elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

254. Feeling... perception is associated with three aggregates, with one sense base, with seven elements; with one sense base, with one element, associated with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from ten elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

255. Consciousness is associated with three aggregates; with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from ten elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

256. Decision is associated with three aggregates, with one sense base, with two elements; with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. From how many is it dissociated? It is dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from fifteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, it is dissociated from some.

5.

The threes

257. Wholesome mental states... unwholesome mental states - associated with how many aggregates, with how many sense bases, with how many elements? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

258. States associated with pleasant feeling... states associated with unpleasant feeling are associated with one aggregate; with one sense base, with one element, associated with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from fifteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

259. States associated with neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant feeling are associated with one aggregate; with one sense base, with one element, associated with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from eleven elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

260. Resultant states... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from ten elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

261. States that have resultant quality... defiled and subject to defilement mental states... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

262. States that are neither resultant nor have resultant quality... not clung-to but subject to clinging states... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? They are dissociated not from any aggregates, not from any sense bases, from five elements.

263. Phenomena that are neither clung-to nor subject to clinging... phenomena that are undefiled and not subject to defilement... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated not from any aggregates, not from any sense bases, from six elements.

264. States with applied and sustained thought are associated with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from fifteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

265. States without applied but sustained thought only... states accompanied by rapture are associated with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

266. States without applied and sustained thought... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated not from any aggregates, not from any sense bases, from one element.

267. States accompanied by pleasure are associated with one aggregate; with one sense base, with one element, associated with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from fifteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

268. States accompanied by equanimity are associated with one aggregate; with one sense base, with one element, associated with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from eleven elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

269. States to be abandoned through vision, states to be abandoned by meditative development... States connected with root to be abandoned through vision... States connected with root to be abandoned by meditative development... States leading to accumulation... States leading to non-accumulation... Trainee states... States of one beyond training... Exalted states... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

270. Limitless states... superior states... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated not from any aggregates, not from any sense bases, from six elements.

271. States having a limited object... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from ten elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

272. States with an exalted object... States with a limitless object... Inferior states... States with fixed course of the wrong path... States with fixed course of the right path... States that have the path as object... States that are connected with the path as root... States that have path predominance... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

273. Unarisen states... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? They are dissociated not from any aggregates, not from any sense bases, from five elements.

274. States having a past object... etc. states having a future object... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

275. States having a present object... States having an internal object... States having an external object... States having an internal-external object... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from ten elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

276. Manifest and impinging phenomena... non-manifest but impinging phenomena... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from four aggregates, from one sense base, from seven elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

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The twos

277. States that are roots... states that are both roots and with root... states that are both roots and associated with root are associated with three aggregates, with one sense base, with one element; with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

278. States with root... states associated with root... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

279. States with root and not roots... states associated with root and not roots... non-root with root states are associated with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

280. States without condition... Unconditioned states... Manifest states... Impinging states... Material states... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from four aggregates, from one sense base, from seven elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

281. Supramundane states... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated not from any aggregates, not from any sense bases, from six elements.

282. Mental corruption states... states that are both mental corruptions and with mental corruptions... states that are both mental corruptions and associated with mental corruptions are associated with three aggregates, with one sense base, with one element; with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

283. States without mental corruptions... Mental states dissociated from mental corruptions and without mental corruptions... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated not from any aggregates, not from any sense bases, from six elements.

284. Mental states associated with mental corruptions... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

285. States that are associated with mental corruptions and not mental corruptions are associated with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

286. Mental fetter states... Mental knot states... Mental flood states... Mental bond states... Mental hindrance states... Adherence states... States that are both adherence and adhered to are associated with three aggregates, with one sense base, with one element; with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

287. States that are not adhered to... States dissociated from adherence and not adhered to - associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated not from any aggregates, not from any sense bases, from six elements.

288. Mental states associated with adherence are associated with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

289. States with sense-object... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from ten elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

290. States without sense-object... States dissociated from consciousness... States disjoined from consciousness... Derived states... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from four aggregates, from one sense base, from seven elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

291. States with consciousness are associated with three aggregates; with one sense base, with one element, associated with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from ten elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

292. States that are mental factors... States associated with consciousness... States conjoined with consciousness... States that originate conjoined with consciousness... States that originate conjoined with consciousness and arise together with it... States that originate conjoined with consciousness and follow it are associated with one aggregate, with one sense base, with seven elements. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from ten elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

293. Not clung-to states... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? They are dissociated not from any aggregates, not from any sense bases, from five elements.

294. Clinging states... Mental defilement states... States that are both mental defilements and subject to defilement... States that are both mental defilements and defiled... States that are both mental defilements and associated with mental defilements are associated with three aggregates, with one sense base, with one element; with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, it is associated with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

295. Mental states not subject to mental defilement... Mental states dissociated from mental defilements and not subject to mental defilement... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated not from any aggregates, not from any sense bases, from six elements.

296. Defiled states... states associated with mental defilements... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

297. States that are defiled but not mental defilements... States that are associated with mental defilements but not mental defilements are associated with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

298. States to be abandoned through vision... States to be abandoned by meditative development... States connected with root to be abandoned through vision... States connected with root to be abandoned by meditative development... associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

299. States with applied thought... States with sustained thought are associated with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from fifteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

300. States without applied thought... states without sustained thought... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated not from any aggregates, not from any sense bases, from one element.

301. States with rapture... states accompanied by rapture are associated with one aggregate, with one sense base, with one element, with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

302. States accompanied by pleasure are associated with one aggregate; with one sense base, with one element, associated with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from fifteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

303. States accompanied by equanimity are associated with one aggregate; with one sense base, with one element, associated with some. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from eleven elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

304. Non-sensual-sphere states... not-included states... unsurpassed states... etc. associated with? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated not from any aggregates, not from any sense bases, from six elements.

305. Fine-material-sphere states... Immaterial-sphere states... States leading to liberation... Fixed states... States with conflict - associated with how many aggregates, with how many sense bases, with how many elements? There is not. Dissociated from how many? Dissociated from one aggregate, from ten sense bases, from sixteen elements; from one sense base, from one element, dissociated from some.

The exposition of the terms association and dissociation is sixth.