16. Maggarammana Tika:
(ii) (1039). What are the dhamma which have magga as root cause?
Leaving aside the (eight) constituents of the Ariya Path of one who has attained Ariya Magga, there are the aggregate of Sensation, the aggregate of perception, the aggregate of Volitional Activities and the aggregate of Consciousness that are associated with the (eight) constituents of the Ariya Path.
~These are the dhamma which which have magga as cause and are associated
with the (eight) constituents of the Ariya Path.
The Right View (non-bewilderment) of one who has attained Ariya path is magga as well as a root cause. Leaving aside the Right View, there are the aggregate of Sensation, the aggregate of Perception, the aggregate of Volitional Activities and the aggregate of Consciousness that are associated with Right View.
~These are the dhamma which have magga as root cause and are associated
with Right View.
There are absence of greed, absence of hatred and absence of bewilderment of one who has attained Ariya Magga. These are the dhamma which have magga as root cause; and there are the aggregate of Sensation, the aggregate of Perception, the aggregate of Volitional Activities and the aggregate of Consciousness which are associated with the dhamma which have magga as root cause.
~These are the dhamma which have magga as root cause and are associated
with magga.
(ii) (1429). What are the dhamma which have the Path as their object?
There are: four meritorious thoughts of the Sensuous Sphere associated with wisdom; and four types of non-causative action of the Sensuous Sphere associated with wisdom.
~These are the dhamma that sometimes have the Path as their object, but do not have the Path as the root cause; sometimes they are predominated by the Path. Sometimes they should not be taken as the dhamma which have the Path as their object, or as those which are predominated by the Path.
The four Ariya Paths do not have the Path as their object, but have have the Path as the root cause; they are sometimes predominated by the Path. They should not be taken as dhamma which are sometimes predominated by the path.
There are: meritorious thoughts and non-causative action pertaining to the Fourth Jhana of the Fine Material Sphere; Mind-consciousness-element which is non-causative action without root cause and which arises together with Equanimity. ~These dhamma sometimes have the Path as their object, but do not have the Path as their root cause; nor are they predominated by the Path. They should not be taken as the dhamma that sometimes have the Path as their object.
There are: four meritorious thoughts of the Sensuous Sphere not associated with wisdom; all the (12) demeritorious thoughts; all the (23) resultants of the Sensuous Sphere; six types of non-causative action of the Sensuous Sphere; meritorious thoughts, resultants, and non-causative action pertaining to the three jhanas or the four jhanas of the Fine material Sphere; resultant of the Fourth Jhana (of the Fine Material Sphere); four each of the meritorious thoughts, resultants, and non-causative action pertaining to the Non-material Sphere; the four Fruits of the life of a samana.
~These are the dhamma which should not be taken as having the Path as their
object, or as having the Path as their root cause, or as being predominated by
the Path.
Corporeality and Nibbana are dhamma which do not attend to any object.