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A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma
The Abhidhammattha Sangaha of cariya Anuruddha
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Bhikkhu Bodhi, General Editor
Pali text originally edited and translated by Mahthera Nrada
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A MANUAL OF ABHIDHAMMA:
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I. Compendium of Consciousness "
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II. Compendium of Mental Factors
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III. Compendium of the Miscellaneous
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IV. Compendium of the Cognitive Process "
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V. Compendium of the Process-freed "
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VI. Compendium of Matter "
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VII. Compendium of Categories "
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VIII. Compendium of Conditionality "
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IX. Compendium of Meditation Subjects "
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Namo tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammsambuddhassa"
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CHAPTER I"
COMPENDIUM OF CONSCIOUSNESS (Cittasangahavibhga)"
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Words of Praise (thutivacana)!
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Sammsambuddhamatula "
Sasaddhammagauttama "
Abhivdiya bhsissa "
Abhidhammatthasangaha."
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Having respectfully saluted the Fully Enlightened One, the Peer- less One, along
with the Sublime Teaching and the Noble Order, I will speak the Manual of
Abhidhammaa compendium of the things contained in the Abhidhamma."
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The Fourfold Ultimate Reality (catudhparamattha)! ! ! "
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Four Classes of Consciousness (catubbidha citta)
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Tattha citta tva catubbidha hoti: " " " " "
(i) kmvacara; (ii) rpvacara; (iii) arpvacara;
(iv) lokuttaraceti."
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SENSE-SPHERE CONSCIOUSNESS-54 (kmvacaracittni)!
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Amongst them what pertains to the sense sphere?"
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Consciousness Rooted in Delusion (mohamlacittni)2
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Summary of Unwholesome Consciousness
Ahadh lobhamlni
Dosamlni ca dvidh
Mohamlni ca dveti
Eight are rooted in greed, two in hatred, and two in delusion. Thus there are
twelve types of unwholesome consciousness.
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Wholesome-Resultant Rootless Consciousness (kusalavipka-ahetukacittni)8
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Rootless Functional Consciousness (ahetukakiriyacittni)3
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Summary of Rootless Consciousness
Excluding those that are evil and the rootless, the rest are called beautiful.
They number either fifty-nine or ninety-one.
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Sense-Sphere Beautiful Consciousness24 (kmacara-sobhanacittni)
Sense-Sphere Wholesome Consciousness (kmvacara-kusalacittni)8
sahetuka-kmvacara-kusalacittni nma.
sahetuka-kmvacara-vipkacittni nma.
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9. One consciousness, accompanied by joy, associated with knowl- edge,
unprompted.
These are the eight types of sense-sphere resultant consciousness with roots.
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Sense-Sphere Functional Consciousness (kmvacara-kriyicittni)8
sahetuka-kmvacara-kriyaacittni nma.
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Icceva sabbath pi catuvisati sahetuka-kmvacara-kusala-
vipka-kriyacittni samattni.
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17. One consciousness, accompanied by joy, associated with knowledge,
unprompted.
These are the eight types of sense-sphere functional consciousness with roots.
Thus end, in all, the twenty-four types of sense-sphere conscious- ness with
rootswholesome, resultant, and functional.
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Summary of Sense-Sphere Beautiful Consciousness
In the sense-sphere twenty-three are resultant, twenty are whole- some and
unwholesome, and eleven are functional. Thus there are altogether fifty-four.
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4. Sukh-ekaggat-sahita catutthajjhna-kusalacitta.
rpvacara-kusalacittni nma.
3. Third jhna wholesome consciousness together with zest, happiness, and one-
pointedness.
4. Sukh-ekaggat-sahita catutthajjhna-vipkacitta.
rpvacara-vipkacittni nma.
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1. First jhna resultant consciousness together with initial application, sustained
application, zest, happiness, and one-pointedness.
3. Third jhna resultant consciousness together with zest, happiness, and one-
pointedness.
4. Sukh-ekaggat-sahita catutthajjhna-kriyacitta.
rpvacara-kriyacittni nma.
3. Third jhna functional consciousness together with zest, happiness, and one-
pointedness.
Thus end, in all, the fifteen types of fine-material-sphere whole- some, resultant,
and functional consciousness.
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Summary of Fine-material-Sphere Consciousness
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IMMATERIAL-SPHERE CONSCIOUSNESS12 (arpvacaracittni)
1. ksnacyatana kusalacitta
2. Vioacyatana-kusalacitta.
3. kicayatana-kusalacitta.
4. Nevasansayatana-kusalacitta ce ti. Imni cattri pi arpvacara-
kusalacittni nma.
1. ksnacyatana vipkacitta
2. Vioacyatana vipkacitta.
3. kicayatana vipkacitta.
4. Nevasansayatana vipkacitta ce ti. Imni cattri pi arpvacara-
vipkaacittni nma.
1. Resultant consciousness pertaining to the base of infinite space.
1. ksnacyatana kriyacitta
2. Vioacyatana-kriyacitta.
3. kicayatana-kriyacitta.
4. Nevasansayatana-kriyacitta ce ti. Imni cattri pi arpvacara-
kriyacittni nma.
1. Sotpatti-maggacitta.
2. Sakadgmi-maggacitta.
3. Angmi-maggacitta.
4. Arahatta-maggacitta ce ti.
Imni cattri pi lokuttara-kusalacittni nma.
1. Sotpatti-phalacitta.
2. Sakadgmi-phalacitta.
3. Angmi-phalacitta.
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4. Arahatta-phalacitta ce ti.
Imni cattri pi lokuttara-phalacittni nma.
samattni.
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Comprehensive Summary of Consciousness
There are fifty-four sense-sphere types of consciousness, and fif- teen assigned
to the fine-material sphere. There are twelve types of consciousness in the
immaterial sphere, and eight that are supramundane.
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Tath sakadgmi- magga, angmi-magga, arahatta-maggacitta ce ti
samavsati maggacittni.
Thus the jhnas beginning from the first amount to eleven, they say. The last
jhna (i.e. the fifth) totals twenty-three.
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Thirty-seven are wholesome, fifty-two are resultants; thus the wise say that
there are one hundred and twenty-one types of conscious- ness.
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Iti Abhidhammatthasangahe Cittasagahavibhgo nma pahamo paricchedo.