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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dhammasangani

The excitement of mind.

Buddhaghosa distinguishes uddhaccam as a struggling over one object of thought (ekarammane vipphandati), from perplexity as a struggling over divers objects of thought.

Whatever the exact meaning of uddhaccam may be, there is enough to show that it is in great part antithetical to some of the other constituents enumerated under the Bad Thought in question — at least, when these are taken in their full intention. I refer to the approximately synonymous group: 'self-collectedness' 'concentration', 'quiet' and 'balance'. The last, indeed (avikkhepo), is a contradiction in terms to the phrase which describes uddhaccam as cetaso vikkhepo! The text actually omits it, but this is through mere inadvertence.

Reference: Dhammasangani, Book I, Chapter VI;

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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