5. Explanation of the Triplet-Triplet Conditional Relations

In the Tika-Tika Paṭṭhāna too, the teaching was given in brief by way of merely extracting the questions thus: "A wholesome mental state associated with pleasant feeling arises dependent on a wholesome mental state associated with pleasant feeling by root condition." And here, the triad of wholesome with the feeling triad and so on, and the feeling triad and so on with the triad of wholesome - thus triads were incorporated into triads themselves. And whatever term does not enter into combination with whatever term, having omitted that, the sections and the method of counting were shown in all conditions only according to what is obtainable; therefore those should be understood by thoroughly examining the canonical text. And just as the triad of wholesome with the feeling triad and so on, and the feeling triad and so on should be understood having been combined with that; likewise each triad with the remaining ones. And the remaining ones should be understood having been combined with those.

Explanation of the Triplet-Triplet Conditional Relations.