Post : February 26, 2019

Update : February 9, 2020

Tipitaka

Tipitaka (Three Baskets) contain

• Vinaya : Monastic rules of conduct
• Sutta : Discourses
• Abhidhamma : Ultimate Reality

Patthana

It is the 7th text in Abhidhamma. 

It is also known as the Book of Conditional Relations. 

There are 24 conditions.

1. Root Condition
2. Object Condition
3. Predominance Condition
4. Proximity Condition
5. Contiguity Condition
6. Co-nascence Condition
7. Mutuality Condition
8. Dependence Condition
9. Strong-Dependence Condition
10. Pre-nascence Condition
11. Post-nascence Condition
12. Repetition Condition
13. Kamma Condition
14. Resultant Condition
15. Nutriment Condition
16. Faculty Condition
17. Jhana Condition
18. Path Condition
19. Association Condition
20. Disassociation Condition
21. Presence Condition
22. Absence Condition
23. Disappearance Condition
24. Non-Disappearance Condition

Resources

• Pathana Theikpan (College)
• Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Courses on Pathana
• A Manual of Abhidhamma
• Charts, illustrations, mnemonics
• Computer programs to study Pathana
• Tri-lingual book (in Pali, Myanmar, and English)

Padamyar Winhtein wrote :

ပဌာန်း
Conditional Relations, 1969-, in progress, 2 volumes so far translated by Sayadaw U Narada, Pali Text Society, Bristol