A Manual of Abhidhamma

by Nārada Thera | 80,494 words | ISBN-13: 9789380336510

In the Abhidhammattha Sangaha there is a brief exposition of the Law of Dependent Origination, followed by a descriptive account of the Causal Relations that finds no parallel in any other philosophy. Edited in the original Pali Text with English Translation and Explanatory Notes by Narada Maha Thera....

§ 1.

Sampayuttā yathāyogam - te pannāsa sabhāvato
Cittacetasikā dhammā - tesam'dāni yathāraham.
Vedanā hetuto kicca-dvārālambana-vatthuto
Cittuppādavasen'eva - sangaho nāma nīyate.

 

(translation)

§ 1.

1. The conjoined consciousness and mental states that arise accordingly are fifty-three with respect to their characteristics. (1)

Now their classification, taking the mind (2) as a whole, is dealt with in a fitting manner, according to feeling, roots, function, doors, objects, and bases.

 

Notes-

1. All the 89 classes of consciousness are collectively treated as one in that they possess the characteristic of awareness of an object. The 52 mental states are treated separately as they possess different characteristics (1 + 52 = 53)

2. Cittuppāda, literally, means genesis of citta. Here the term means consciousness itself (cittam'eva cittuppādo). In other instances it implies the collection of mental states together with the consciousness (aññattha pana dhammasamūho).

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