___________JohnK wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 7:40 pmHere, X is not made clear, just "things."“And what, bhikkhus, is the nutriment for the arising of unarisen doubt and for the increase and expansion of arisen doubt? There are, bhikkhus, things that are the basis for doubt: frequently giving careless attention to them is the nutriment for the arising of unarisen doubt and for the increase and expansion of arisen doubt.
Wondering why no specifics?
dhamma - from √ dhṛ = 'that undertakes, and maintains (or restrain) activity).There are dhammā that are ways to rely on support for deviant thinking.
Atthi, bhikkhave, vicikicchāṭṭhānīyā dhammā.
Frequently and improperly not-turning the mano towards the origin (of those dhammā), is the nutriment for the arising of unarisen deviant thinking, and for the increase and expansion of arisen deviant thinking.
Tattha ayonisomanasikārabahulīkāro ayamāhāro anuppannāya vā vicikicchāya uppādāya, uppannāya vā vicikicchāya bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya.
SN 46.51
The proper translation might be the following:
Frequently and improperly not-turning the mano towards the origin of those things that undertake and maintain activity, is the nutriment for the arising of unarisen deviant thinking, and for the increase and expansion of arisen deviant thinking.
The "specifics" is in the underlying meaning of "dhamma".
And I would say that craving is the origin of those āhāre-dhammā. And those āhāre-dhammā are just food, feelings, contact (transference), thoughts, manosañcetana, and consciousness/knowledge (as per Nikayas and Agamas definitions (see above)).
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