Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c33.s3.111

v2.c33.s3.111

This view of the M. is only a corollary to the previous one. The M. hold that *avijjā* is the *hetu* (cause) of *saṃkhārā* and as such there cannot be any other relation between the two. The Th., however, argue that *avijjā* and *saṃkhārā* are related to each other both as *hetu* and *sahajāta* (co-existent) or *aññamañña* (reciprocal), hence it may be stated that *saṃkhārā* are *sahajāta-paccayā* of *avijjā*, and *vice versa*.⁴ In the *Vibhaṅga* (pp. 156 ff.)