Sabbacitta Sadharana: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Dhamma Study: CetasikasThere are seven cetasikas which have to arise with every citta; they are called the "universals" (sabbacitta-sadharana).
The universals arise with every citta and thus they arise with all the cittas of the four jatis: with akusala citta, kusala citta, vipakacitta and kiriyacitta.
The universals arise with all cittas in all planes of existence where there is nama:
- with the cittas of the woeful planes,
- in the human being plane,
- in the deva planes,
- in the rupa-brahma-planes, except the asanna-satta plane (the plane where there is only rupa not nama)
- and in the arupa-brahma planes.
The seven universals have each their own specific characteristic, function, manifestation and proximate cause and they have different qualities as they arise with cittas of different jatis and of different planes of consciousness. Summarizing the seven universals, they are:
- phassa (contact)
- vedana (feeling)
- sanna (remembrance)
- cetana (volition)
- ekaggata (concentration or one pointedness)
- jivitindriya (life faculty)
- manasikara (attention)
They arise with all cittas of all planes of consciousness:
- with kamavacara-cittas (sensuous plane of citta),
- with rupavacara cittas (Plane of rupa-jhanacittas),
- arupavacara cittas (plane of arupa-jhanacittas)
- and with lokuttara cittas (cittas which experience nibbana)
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).
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sabbacitta, Sadharana, Satarana, Catarana.
Full-text: Seven Universals, Cetasika.
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Cetasikas (by Nina van Gorkom)
Chapter 1 - Contact < [Part I - The Universals]
Chapter 24 - Introduction < [Part IV - Beautiful Cetasikas]
Chapter 8 - Applied Thinking And Sustained Thinking < [Part II - The Particulars (pakinnaka)]