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....

Beautiful Mental States

Sobhana Cetasika

§ 8.

  1. Sobhanesu pana sobhanasādhāranā tāva ek'ūna vīsati cetasikā sabbesu pi ek'ūnasatthisobhanacittesu samvijjanti.
  2. Viratiyo pana tisso'pi Lokuttaracittesu sabbathā'pi niyatā ekato'va labhanti. Lokiyesu pana Kāmāvacarakusalesv' eva kadāci sandissanti visum visum.
  3. Appamaññāyo pana dvādasasu pañcamajjhāna vajjitamahaggatacittesu c'eva Kāmāvacarakusalesu ca sahetukakāmāvacarakiriyācittesu c'āti atthavisaticittesv' eva kadāci nānā hutvā jāyanti. Upekkhāsahagatesu pan'ettha Karunā Muditā na santī'ti keci vadanti.
  4. Paññā pana dvādasasu ñānasampayuttakāmāvacaracittesu c'eva sabbesu pañcatimsamahaggatalokuttaracittesu c'āti sattacattālīsa cittesu sampayogam gacchatī'ti.

§ 9.

Ek'ūnavīsati dhammā jāyant'ekūnasatthisu
Tayo solasacittesu atthavisatiyam dayam
Pañā pakāsitā sattacattālīsavidhesu'pi
Sampayuttā catuddhv'evam sobhanesv'eva sobhanā.

 

(Translation)

§ 8.

  1. Of the Beautiful, at first, the nineteen mental states common to the Beautiful are found in all the fifty-nine types of Beautiful consciousness.
  2. The three Abstinences are definitely obtained all at once in all places in the Supra mundane type of consciousness. But in the mundane Sense-sphere Moral types of consciousness they are at times present severally. (8 + 8 = 16).
  3. The Illimitables arise at times differently in twenty-eight types of consciousness - namely, the twelve Sublime types of consciousness, excluding the fifth Jhāna, the eight Moral types and the eight sahetuka functional types of Sense-sphere consciousness. Some, however say that Compassion and Appreciative Joy are not present in the types of consciousness accompanied by upekkhā (Equanimity or Indifference). (12 + 8 + 8 = 28)
  4. Wisdom goes into combination with forty-seven types of consciousness - namely, the twelve kinds of Sense-Sphere consciousness accompanied by wisdom, all the thirty-five Sublime and Supra mundane consciousness. (12 + 35 = 47)

§ 9.

Nineteen states arise in fifty-nine, three in sixteen, two in twenty-eight types of consciousness.

Wisdom is declared to be in forty-seven types. Beautiful are only in the Beautiful. Thus they are combined in four ways.

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