7-12. Commentary on the Negative Conditional Relations
1. Now, in order to show the Negative Conditional Relations, which obtained its name from the negativity of mental states by way of negating the terms beginning with wholesome, the passage beginning with "A not-wholesome mental state arises dependent on a not-wholesome mental state by root condition" was begun. Therein, "dependent on a not-wholesome mental state" excludes the condition-state of the wholesome. "A not-wholesome mental state arises" excludes the arising of the wholesome; therefore the question here should be answered by the method beginning with "dependent on one unwholesome-and-indeterminate aggregate, three unwholesome-and-indeterminate aggregates and consciousness-originated materiality arise." But the reckoning obtained in each condition is stated in the canonical text itself. Those sections too that have similar answers are shown right there. Therefore all here should be understood by examining the canonical text in accordance with the method stated above. And just as here, so in the Duka Paṭṭhāna, the Duka-Tika Paṭṭhāna, the Tika-Duka Paṭṭhāna, the Tika-Tika Paṭṭhāna, and the Duka-Duka Paṭṭhāna.
Thus far -
Dyad with triad and triad with dyad;
Triad with triad and dyad with dyad,
Six methods in the negative, very profound.
As explained by the verse stated in the commentary. In the Dhamma-Negative Conditional Relations, six methods are described. But here, by way of conditions, in each conditional relations there are four methods each beginning with conformity, thus by one method of exposition, it should be understood as the Negative Conditional Relations itself consisting of twenty-four methods.
Commentary on the Negative Conditional Relations.