• The Discourse on Elements

2.5. Unclassified and Unclassified

35 Questions and Answers

Matter aggregate is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Under how many aggregates, under how many bases and under how many elements are those states not classified? They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 1 base and under 7 elements (1).

Feeling aggregate is not classified with these states; Perception aggregate; Mental formation aggregate is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (3).

Consciousness aggregate; Mind base; Eye consciousness element. … Mind element; Mind consciousness element; Mind faculty is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 11 elements (10).

Eye base is not classified with these states. … Tangible Object base; Eye element; … Tangible Object element is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 8 elements (20).

Cognizable base; Cognizable element; Female faculty; Male faculty; Life faculty is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 1 base and under 7 elements (5). formations Origin truth; Path truth; Cessation truth is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (3).

Eye faculty … Body faculty is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 8 elements (5).

Bodily pleasure faculty; Bodily pain faculty; Mental joy faculty; Grief faculty; Indifference faculty; Faith faculty; Energy faculty; Mindfulness faculty; Concentration faculty; Wisdom faculty; I-shall-know-what-I-did-not-know faculty; Higher realization faculty; He-who-has-known faculty; Ignorance; Conditioned by ignorance, Formation is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (15).

Conditioned by formations, Consciousness is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 11 elements (1).

Conditioned by consciousness, Mentality-Materiality is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 1 base and under 7 elements (1).

Conditioned by mentality-materiality, 6 Bases are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 3 aggregates, under 1 base and under 1 element (1).

Conditioned by 6 bases, Contact; Conditioned by contact, Feeling; Conditioned by feeling, Craving; Conditioned by craving, Clinging; Kamma becoming is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (5).

Immaterial becoming; Neither perception nor non-perception becoming; Four-aggregate becoming; Road to psychic power is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 10 elements (4).

Non-percepted becoming; One-aggregate becoming; Birth; Ageing; Death is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 1 base and under 7 elements (5).

Lamentation is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 8 elements (1).

Sorrow; Suffering; Grief; Despair; Application of mindfulness; Great effort; Jhāna; Illimitables; 5 Faculties; 5 Strengths; 7 Factors of Enlightenment; Noble Eightfold Path; Contact; Feeling; Perception; Volition; Decision; Attention is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (18).

Consciousness is not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 11 elements (1).

Triplets

Wholesome states are not classified with these states; Unwholesome states; States associated with pleasant feeling; States associated with painful feeling; States associated with feeling that is neither painful nor pleasant; Resultant states; States producing resultant states; States which are not acquired by clinging and not favourable to clinging; Corrupt and corrupting states; Not corrupt and not corrupting states; States with applied-thought and sustained-thought; States without applied-thought but with sustained-thought; States accompanied by rapture; States accompanied by pleasure; States accompanied by indifference; States eradicated by First Path; States eradicated by Higher 3 Paths; States together with roots eradicated by First Path; States together with roots eradicated by Higher 3 Paths; States leading to rebirth and death; States leading to Nibbāna; States appertaining to Learners; States appertaining to Arahatta; Lofty states; Incomparable states; States with limited objects; States with lofty objects; States with incomparable objects; Low states; Exalted states; States with fixed destiny due to wrong views; States with fixed destiny due to right views; States with Path objects; States conditioned by the Path; States dominated by the Path; States with past objects; States with future objects; States with present objects; States with internal objects; States with external objects; States with internal and external objects are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 10 elements (41).

States both visible and impinging; States invisible but impinging are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 8 elements (2).

Couplets

States which are roots are not classified with these states; States which are roots and also have associated roots; States which are roots and also associated with roots are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (3).

States which have associated roots; States which are associated with roots; States which have associated roots but are not roots; States which are associated with roots but are not roots; States which are not roots but have associated roots are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 10 elements (5).

States not arising from 4 causes; States not conditioned by 4 causes are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (2).

States with visibility; States with impinging are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 2 bases and under 8 elements (2).

States which have physical change are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 1 base and under 7 elements (1).

States which have no physical change; States which are Supramundane are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 10 elements (2).

States which are cankers; States which are both cankers and objects of cankers; States which are both cankers and associated with cankers are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (3).

States which are not objects of cankers; States which are associated with cankers; States which are associated with cankers but are not cankers; States which are dissociated from cankers and are not objects of cankers are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 10 elements (4).

States which are fetters … States which are ties … States which are floods … States which are bonds … States which are hindrances … States which are misapprehensions; States which are both misapprehensions and objects of misapprehensions are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (37).

States which are not objects of misapprehensions; States which are associated with misapprehensions; States which are dissociated from misapprehensions and are not objects of misapprehensions; States which have objects are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 10 elements (4).

States which have no objects; States which are not consciousness; States which are dissociated from consciousness; States which are not conjoined with consciousness; States which are generated by consciousness; States which arise together with consciousness; States which arise successively with consciousness; States which are external; States which are derived are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 1 base and under 7 elements (9).

States which are consciousness are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 4 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 11 elements (1).

States which are mental factors; States which are associated with consciousness; States which are conjoined with consciousness; States which are both conjoined with and are generated by consciousness; States which are conjoined with, are generated by and arise together with consciousness; States which are conjoined with, are generated by and arise successively with consciousness are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (6).

States which are internal are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 3 aggregates, under 1 base and under 1 element (1).

States which are clinging … States which are corruptions; States which are both corruptions and objects of corruptions; States which are both corruptions and corrupt; States which are both corruptions and associated with corruptions are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states. … They are not classified under 2 aggregates, under 11 bases and under 17 elements (11).

States which are not objects of corruptions; States which are corrupt; States which are associated with corruptions; States which are corrupt but are not corruptions; States which are associated with corruptions but are not corruptions; States which are dissociated from corruptions and are not objects of corruptions; States eradicated by the First Path; States eradicated by the Higher 3 Paths; States together with roots eradicated by the First Path; States together with roots eradicated by the Higher 3 Paths; States with applied-thought; States with sustained-thought; States with rapture; States which are accompanied by rapture; States which are accompanied by pleasure; States which are accompanied by indifference; States which do not belong to the sensuous plane; States which belong to the fine-material plane; States which belong to the immaterial plane; States which are not included in the round of existences; States which lead out from the round of existences; States which have fixed destiny yielded after decease or after their own occurrence; States which are not with beyond; States which are causes of lamentation are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Those states are not classified with these states under the same aggregate, under the same base and under the same element.

Under how many aggregates, under how many bases and under how many elements are those states not classified? They are not classified under 1 aggregate, under 10 bases and under 10 elements (24).

All the aggregates, all the bases and elements, three truths,
All the faculties, twenty-three dependent originations,
Next sixteen, forty-three triplets,
Seventy-two clusters, seven lesser intermediate couplets,
Eighteen belonging to greater intermediate couplets, and then
Eighteen kinds of last couplets. These (257) kinds of states are expounded,
By the Buddha in the system of Chapter 2.5. The remaining (114) are not expounded.

Matter aggregate, cognizable base, cognizable element,
Female and male faculties, life faculty, mentality-materiality,
Two becomings, birth, ageing, death, physical states,
Objectless states, non-consciousness, dissociated from consciousness,
Not conjoined with consciousness, generated with consciousness,
Arising together with consciousness, arising successively with consciousness,
External, derived states. The method of this question and answer should be properly understood.