Chapter VIII   Paccayasaṅgahavibhāgo（緣之概要）

8.1 序文

Yesaṃ saṅkhatadhammānaṃ ye dhammā paccayā yathā

Taṃ vibhāgam ih' edāni pavakkhāmi yathārahaṃ.

I shall now explain here, in a fitting manner, the detailed analysis of the conditioned states, and of those states which are their conditions, and of how (they are related).

於此，我應適當地詳細解釋諸有為法之分析、屬於它們諸緣之法，以及（它們）如何（互相牽連）。

NOTES

Yo, yad: (pron) who, what, which; he who, whoever   pl. ye   gen./dat. yesaṃ

Saṅkhata: (pp. adj) aggregated, put together; made, created; cooked, dressed; conditioned (including all things that proceed from a cause, except ākāsa and nirvāṇa) 有為的

Dhamma: (m/n) nature, condition, quality, property, characteristic; function, practice, duty; object, thing, idea, phenomenon; doctrine; law; virtue, piety; justice; the law or Truth of Buddha; the Buddhist scriptures; religion 法

Paccaya: (m) cause, motive; a requisite or necessary; belief, trust, faith 緣

Yathā: (adv) as, like; how, when

Taṃ, tad: (pron. n) it; him

Vibhāga: (m) division, analysis 分析，分別

Iha: (adv) here

Idāni: (adv) now

Pavakkhati: (fut.) he will tell, declare, recite     1^st sing. pavakkhāmi

Yathārahaṃ: (adv) according to worth; properly, satisfactorily, correctly, appropriately, duly

簡說：兩種方法

Paṭiccasamuppādanayo paṭṭhānanayo cā ti paccayasaṅgaho duvidho veditabbo.

Tattha tabbhāvabhāvībhāvākāramattopalakkhito paṭiccasamuppādanayo. Paṭṭhānayo pana āhaccapaccayaṭṭhitim ārabbha pavuccati. Ubhayaṃ pana vomissitvā papañcenti ācariyā.

The Compendium of Conditionality is twofold:

1. The law of dependent arising, and

2. The law of conditional relations.

Of these, the law of dependent arising is marked by the simple happening of a state dependent on its antecedent state.

The law of conditional relations is discussed with reference to the specific causal efficacy of the conditions. Teachers explain them by mixing both methods.

緣之概要有兩個部份：

一、緣起法；

二、發趣法。

當中，緣起法的特性是一法依靠其他法而純粹只是發生。發趣法則依諸緣的特有資助力而說。諸導師則把此二法混合一起解釋。

NOTES

Paṭicca: (ger. pacceti) following from anything as a necessary result; by means of, on account of, by reason of, grounded on, because, concerning

Pacceti: to return, come back to, fall back on   pp. patīta

Samuppāda: (m) arising, production, origination

Paṭiccasamuppāda: (m) chain of causation, dependent arising, dependent origination, happening by way of cause, origination as a necessary result from an antecedent cause 緣起

Naya: (m) leading, guidance; conduct; prudent conduct, prudence; policy; way, manner, means, mode, method; inference, logical deduction -naya 理，法

Paṭṭhāna: (n) setting forth, putting forward; origin, cause 發趣

Saṅgaha: (m) taking, collecting; classification, conjunction, assemblage; compilation, abridgement; favor, kindness 概要，分析，組合，攝

Dve, dvi-, di-, du-, dvā-, bā-: (num) two

Vidha: (m) part, fold; kind, sort; form, measure 部分，種類

Duvidha: (m) twofold

Vidati: to know, ascertain   p.f.p. veditabba: to be known or understood

Tattha, tatra: (adv) there; thither; in that case; now; in that, therein

Tabbhāvabhāvībhāvākāramattopalakkhito:

(Tab-bhāva-bhāvī-bhāva-ākāra-matta-upalakkhita)

Bhāva: (m) property, nature, state, condition; meaning, intention; gesture; substance, thing

Bhāveti: (caus. bhavati) to cause to exist, produce, increase, cultivate, develop, contemplate (by means of thought & meditation)   aor. abhāvi

[bhavati/bhava/bhūta in compound with nouns or adjectives, the final vowel of these is changed into ī, e. g. bhasmībhavati “to be reduced to ashes”]

Ākāra: (m) appearance, mien, countenance; form; sign, token; way, manner, means; cause, reason; object, purpose; a constituent part of the body

Matta: (n) used only as the latter part of a compound, with the meaning “measure, quantity,” or “only, mere,” or “exact time, as soon as”

[Mahā Thera Nārada’s interpretation]

Tabbhāvabhāvī: dependent on its antecedent state

Bhāvākāramatta: the simple happening of a state

[Bhikkhu Bodhi’s explanation]

Tabbhāva: some other state, referring to the occurrence of the condition

Bhāvī: the conditioned state

Bhāvākāramatta: the simple happening, i.e. the mere occurrence of the conditioned state

Āhaccapaccayaṭṭhitim: the specific causal efficacy of the conditions

Upalakkheti: to distinguish, discriminate; look at, regard   pp. upalakkhita

Pana: (adv) now, further; but, on the other hand, on the contrary, however

Āhanati: to beat, strike, throw, pound, press against; touch, reach ger. āhacca, āhanitvā

Ṭhiti: (f) existence; standing, enduring; durability, stability, continuation; life

Ārabhati: to begin, undertake; attempt; exert oneself; obtain by exertion  pp. āraddha   ger. ārabbha: beginning with, concerning, with reference to

Pavuccati: (pass.) to be spoken of, to be called or termed   pres. 3^rd pl. pavuccare   pp. pavutta

Ubhaya: (adj) both     adv. ubhayaṃ

Vomisseti: to mix, combine   ger. vomissitvā    pp. vomissita

Papañceti: to be profuse, talk much; linger, delay; have illusions, imagine, be obsessed     pp. papañcita

Ācariya: (m) a teacher or master, scholar, professor