Mental formation

cittasaṅkhāra

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"Mental formation": feeling and perception.

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Ānāpānasati — mindfulness of breathing Ānāpānasati · MN 118
Cetanā, saṅkhāra and the step from avijjā to saṅkhāra Theravāda Abhidhamma · cetanā, saṅkhāra & dependent origination

Across all traditions

Passages where cittasaṅkhāra occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.

Pāli commentaries · mūlapaṇṇāsa-aṭṭhakathā · Pāli

kāyasaṅkhārā ti assāsapassāsā| vacīsaṅkhārā ti vitakkavicārā| cittasaṅkhārā ti saññāvedanā| āyū ti rūpajīvitindriyaṃ| paribhinnānī ti upahatāni, vinaṭṭhānīti attho| tattha keci ‘‘nirodhasamāpannassa cittasaṅkhārāva niruddhā’’ti vacanato cittaṃ aniruddhaṃ hoti, tasmā sacittakā ayaṃ samāpattīti vadanti| te vattabbā – ‘‘vacīsaṅkhārāpissa niruddhā’’ti vacanato vācā aniruddhā hoti, tasmā nirodhaṃ samāpannena dhammampi kathentena sajjhāyampi karontena nisīditabbaṃ siyā| ‘‘yo cāyaṃ mato kālaṅkato, tassāpi cittasaṅkhārā niruddhā’’ti vacanato cittaṃ aniruddhaṃ bhaveyya, tasmā kālaṅkate mātāpitaro vā ar
Tipiṭaka · Paṭisambhidāmagga · Pāli

Dīghaṁ assāsavasena saññā ca vedanā ca cetasikā— ete dhammā cittapaṭibaddhā cittasaṅkhārā. Dīghaṁ passāsavasena saññā ca vedanā ca cetasikā— ete dhammā cittapaṭibaddhā cittasaṅkhārā …pe… sukhapaṭisaṁvedī assāsavasena … sukhapaṭisaṁvedī passāsavasena saññā ca vedanā ca cetasikā— ete dhammā cittapaṭibaddhā cittasaṅkhārā— ayaṁ cittasaṅkhāro. Kathaṁ te cittasaṅkhārā paṭividitā honti? Dīghaṁ assāsavasena cittassa ekaggataṁ avikkhepaṁ pajānato sati upaṭṭhitā hoti. Tāya satiyā tena ñāṇena te cittasaṅkhārā paṭividitā honti. Dīghaṁ passāsavasena cittassa ekaggataṁ avikkhepaṁ pajānato sati upaṭṭhitā hoti. Tāya satiyā tena ñāṇena te cittasaṅkhārā paṭividitā honti …pe… sacchikātabbaṁ sacchikaroto te …
Pāli commentaries · dukanipāta-aṭṭhakathā · Pāli

manosaṅkhārā paṇihitā ti cittasaṅkhārā suṭṭhapitā| vitakkessatī ti vitakkayissati pavattayissatīti pajānāti| pajānanto ca āgamanena jānāti, pubbabhāgena jānāti, antosamāpattiyaṃ cittaṃ apaloketvā jānāti| āgamanena jānāti nāma kasiṇaparikammakāleyeva ‘‘yenākārenesa kasiṇabhāvanaṃ āraddho paṭhamajjhānaṃ vā…pe.… catutthajjhānaṃ vā aṭṭha vā samāpattiyo nibbattessatī’’ti jānāti| pubbabhāgena jānāti nāma paṭhamavipassanāya āraddhāyayeva jānāti, ‘‘yenākārena esa vipassanaṃ āraddho sotāpattimaggaṃ vā nibbattessati…pe.… arahattamaggaṃ vā nibbattessatī’’ti jānāti| antosamāpattiyaṃ cittaṃ oloketvā jānāti
Tipiṭaka · sd1 · Pāli

Evaṃ cittasaṅkhārassa passambhanaṃ atidesena dassetvā yadaññaṃ imasmiṃ catukke vattabbaṃ, taṃ dassetuṃ ‘‘apicā’’ tiādi vuttaṃ. Tattha pītipade ti ‘‘pītippaṭisaṃvedī’’tiādinā desitakoṭṭhāse. Pītisīsena vedanā vuttā ti pītiapadesena taṃsampayuttā vedanā vuttā, na pītīti adhippāyo. Tattha kāraṇaṃ heṭṭhā vuttameva. Dvīsu cittasaṅkhārapadesū ti ‘‘cittasaṅkhārappaṭisaṃvedī passambhayaṃ cittasaṅkhāra’’nti cittasaṅkhārapaṭisaṃyuttesu dvīsu padesu. ‘‘Viññāṇapaccayā nāmarūpa’’nti vacanato cittena paṭibaddhāti cittapaṭibaddhā . Tato eva kāmaṃ cittena saṅkharīyantīti cittasaṅkhārā, saññāvedanādayo, idha pana upalakkhaṇamattaṃ, saññāvedanāva adhippetāti āha ‘‘saññāsampayuttā vedanā’’ ti.
Pāli commentaries · mahāvaggaṭṭhakathā · Pāli

oḷārikā ti ettha kāyavacīsaṅkhārā tāva oḷārikā hontu, cittasaṅkhārā kathaṃ oḷārikāti?

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