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....

Supra Mundane Consciousness

lokuttara cittāni

§ 9

(lokuttara kusala cittāni-4)

  1. Sotāpatti-maggacittam,
  2. Sakadāgāmī-maggacittam,
  3. Anāgāmī-maggacittam,
  4. Arahatta-maggacittañ c'ati.

Imāni cattāri'pi Lokuttara-kusalacittāni nāma.

(lokuttara vipāka cittāni-4)

  1. Sotāpatti-phalacittam,
  2. Sakadāgāmī-phalacittam,
  3. Anāgāmī-phalacittam,
  4. Arahatta-phalacittañ c'ati.

Imāni cattāri'pi Lokuttara-vipākacittāni nāma.
Icce'vam sabbathā'pi attha Lokuttara-Kusala-Vipāka-cittāni samattāni.

Catumaggapphedhena-catudhā kusalam tathā
Pākam tassa phalattā'ti-atthadhā nuttaram matam
Dvādasākusalān'evam - kusalān' ekavīsati
Chattims' eva vipākāni - kriyācittāni vīsati.
Catupaññāsadhā kāme - rūpe pannaras'īraye
Cittāni dvādas' āruppe - atthadhā'n uttare tathā


(translation)

§ 9

(Moral Supra mundane Consciousness-4)

  1. Sotāpatti Path-consciousness,
  2. Sakadāgāmī Path-consciousness,
  3. Anāgāmī Path-consciousness,
  4. Arahatta Path-consciousness.

These are the four types of Supra mundane Moral consciousness.

(Resultant Supra mundane Consciousness-4)

  1. Sotāpatti Fruit-consciousness,
  2. Sakadāgāmī Fruit-consciousness,
  3. Anāgāmī Fruit-consciousness,
  4. Arahatta Fruit-consciousness.

These are the four types of Supra mundane Moral and Resultant consciousness. Thus end, in all, the eight types of supra mundane Moral and Resultant consciousness. Differing according to the four Paths, the Moral Consciousness is fourfold. So are the Resultants, being their fruits. The Supra mundane should be understood as eightfold.

(Summary)

Thus the "Immorals" are twelve, the "Morals" are twenty-one, the "Resultants" are thirty-six, the "Functionals" are twenty.

In the Sensuous Sphere, they say, are fifty-four types of consciousness, in the Form-Sphere are fifteen, in the Formless-Sphere are twelve, in the supra mundane are eight.

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