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acquires merit pertaining to the sensuous sphere, that leads to a fortunate
existence in the sensuous sphere, or the exalted type of merit which is
sublimated due to an absence of the hindrances. The merit of that worldling
pertaining to the sensuous sphere and the Brahma realms of the
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form
realm and the formless realm are called the process caused by productive deeds
(
kamma-bhava
) and the resultant mental aggregates and the corporeality born of
productive deeds are called the arising of rebirth (
upapatti-bhava
). This is how
clinging to an illusory self gives rise to a process caused by productive deeds and
the result thereof.
Another worldling, under the influence of clinging to wrong practices as a
means to purity, firmly believes that this good practice can be fulfilled with
facility only in one who takes it up either in some fortunate existence of the
sensuous sphere, or in the form realm or in the formless realm, accordingly
acquires merit pertaining to the sensuous sphere, or to the form realm, or to the
formless realm. The merit of this worldling pertaining to a fortunate existence
in the sensuous sphere and the exalted type of merit pertaining to the Brahma
realms are called the process caused by productive deeds (
kamma-bhava
), and
the resultant mental aggregates and the corporeality born of productive deeds
are called the arising of rebirth (
upapatti-bhava
). This is how clinging to wrong
practices as a means to purity gives rise to a process caused by productive deeds
and the result thereof.
10. With the process caused by productive deeds as condition: rebirth (
bhava-
paccayā jāti
). With the process caused by productive deeds (
kamma-bhava
) as
condition, rebirth occurs. Meritorious process caused by productive deeds and
demeritorious process caused by productive deeds are the causes of rebirth.
Rebirth means the arising of resultant mental aggregates and corporeality born
of productive deeds caused by meritorious deeds; and resultant mental aggregate
and corporeality born of productive deeds caused by demeritorious deeds.
Earleir, in with volitions as condition: rebirth-linking consciousness, (
saṅkhāra-
paccayā viññāṇaṁ
), it has been shown that due to volitions, good and bad
consciousnesses arises. This refers to past volitions giving rise to resultant
consciousness at the moment of rebirth in the present existence, as well as the
consciousness that follows rebirth consciousness (
pavatti-viññāṇa
).