6. Na-hetu Sa-hetuka Duka:
(i) (1087). What are the dhamma which are not root causes but which
have root causes?
There are the aggregates of Sensation, the aggregate of Perception, the aggregate of Volitional Activities and the aggregate of Consciousness which are not root causes but which have root causes on account of root causes associating with them.
~These are the dhamma which are not root causes but which have root causes.
(i) (1451). What are the dhamma which are not root causes but which
have root causes?
There are: (21) meritorious thoughts of the four spheres; (12) demeritorious thoughts; (21) resultants of the four spheres, leaving aside resultants without root causes from resultants of the Sensuous Sphere; (17 types of) non-causative action, which are neither meritorious nor demeritorious, of the three spheres, leaving aside non-causative action of the Sensuous Sphere.
Leaving aside root causes from the above thoughts, there are the remaining thoughts, i.e., the dhamma which are not root causes but which have root causes.
~These are the dhamma which are not root causes but which have root causes.