Prepared by
Evelin Halls, DipFLC
Pennie White, BA DipEd
Abhidhamma Class No. 56, 15 July 2003
Review of cetasika - part 1
Glossary
annasamana cetasika = general mental concomitant
sabbacitta-sadharana = essentials which associate with all citta
sabba = all
sadharana = associate with
pakinnaka = particulars which selectively associate with some sobhana as well as with some asobhana citta
phassa = contact or mental impression
vedana = feeling
sanna = perception
cetana = volition or intention
ekaggata = one-pointedness, concentration (samadhi)
jivitindriya = vitality or psychic life
manasikara = attention or advertence
vitakka = initial application or thought conception
vicara = sustained application or discursive thinking
adhimokkha = decision or determination
viriya = effort or energy or exertion
piti = rapture or interest
chanda = wish, desire or will
khuddaka piti = the thrill or joy that causes the flesh to creep
khanika piti = instantaneous joy like a flash of lightning
okkantika piti = the flood of joy like the breakers on a seashore
ubbega piti = up-lifting joy which may lift one to float in the air
pharana piti = suffusing joy which pervades the whole body like a full blown bladder or like a lump of cotton moistened in oil or like a flood overflowing creeks and ponds
moha catukka = akusala sadharana = a group of four cetasikas headed by moha
moha = avijja = delusion, ignorance, dullness
ahirika = lack of moral shame, impudence
anottappa = lack of moral dread, recklessness
uddhacca = unrest, restlessness, distraction
lobha-tri = papanca-dhamma = a group of three cetasikas headed by lobha
lobha = raga = tanha = greed, attachment, sensuous desire
ditthi = wrong view, evil opinion
mana = conceit, pride
dosa-catukka = hateful ones = a group of four cetasikas headed by dosa
dosa = patigha = hatred, anger, aversion
issa = envy, jealousy
macchariya = avarice, stinginess, selfishness
kukkucca = worry, scruples, remorse
end-tri = dull and wavering ones = the last three immoral cetasikas
thina = sloth
middha = torpor
vicikiccha = sceptical doubt, perplexity
saddha = faith, confidence
sati = mindfulness, attentiveness
hiri = moral shame
ottappa = moral dread
alobha = non-attachment, greedlessness, generosity
adosa = hatelessness, goodwill
tatramajjhattata = equanimity, mental balance
kaya-passaddhi = tranquility of mental concomitants
citta-passaddhi = tranquility of consciousness
kaya-lahuta = agility or lightness of mental concomitants
citta-lahuta = agility or lightness of consciousness
kaya-muduta = elasticity of mental concomitants
citta-muduta = elasticity of consciousness
kaya-kammannata = adaptability of mental concomitants
citta-kammannata = adaptability of consciousness
kaya-pagunnata = proficiency of mental concomitants
citta-pagunnata = proficiency of consciousness
kayujjukata = uprightness of mental concomitants
cittujjukata = uprightness of consiousness
samma-vacca = right speech
samma-kammanta = right action
samma-ajiva = right livelihood
karuna = karunna = compassion
mudita = sympathetic joy
Today we review "Cetasika - Sampayoga Method", Appendix B: Chart No. 2, as detailed in Dr. Mehm Tin Mon’s book “The Essence of Buddha Abhidhamma.
"Cetasikas are mental factors or mental concomitants that arise and perish together with citta, depend on citta for their arising and influence the mind to be bad, good or neutral as they arise." (Mon 1995: p. 64).
There are 52 cetasika in all.
They are divided into three classes:
1.Annasamana cetasika = general mental concomitants (13)
2.Akusala cetasika = immoral mental concomitants (14)
3.Sobhana cetasika = beautiful mental concomitants (25)
The 25 sobhana cetasika may be divided into 4 sub-groups for convenience:
1.Sobhana sadharana (19) = those which associate with all sobhana citta
2.Virati (3) = those connected with abstinence from immoral actions, speeches and livelihood
3.Appamanna (2) = those connected with 'boundless states'
4.Pannindriya (1) = that connected with wisdom or insight
References
Davids and Stede (editors) (1979) The Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary, Pali Text Society, London.
Mon, Dr. Mehm Tin (1995), “The Essence of Buddha Abhidhamma”, Mehm Tay Zar Mon, Yangon.
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