5.     Hetu Hetusampayutta Duka:

        (i)  (1085).    What are the dhamma which are root causes and are also
                                     associated with root causes?

        Greed is itself a root cause, and because of bewilderment it is associated with a root cause.  Bewilderment is itself a root cause, and because of greed it is also associated with a root cause.
        Hatred is itself a root cause, and because of bewilderment it is also associated with a root cause.  Bewilderment is itself a root cause, and because of hatred it is also associated with a root cause..
        Absence of greed, absence of hatred and absence of bewilderment are root causes and because they are associated with one another, they are also associated with root causes.
        ~These are the dhamma which are root causes and which are also associated
              with root causes.

       
        (i)  (1449).    What are the dhamma which are root causes and are associated
                                     with root causes?

        There are:  two or three root causes arising together at the same time with a certain thought.
        ~These are the dhamma which are root causes are associated with root causes.

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