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Unwholesome mental factors
akusala-cetasika
akusala-cetasika
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Abhidhamma · Stage 3
The mental factors
… seven universal ones (sabbacittasādhāraṇa) — in every moment The fourteen unwholesome ones (akusala-cetasika) — only with unwholesome consciousness The twenty-five beautiful ones (sobhana-cetasika) — only with …
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The four satipaṭṭhānas
Satipaṭṭhāna
… remorse uddhacca-kukkucca uddhacca + kukkucca doubt vicikicchā vicikicchā Connection: all five are akusala-cetasikas — they arise only in unwholesome javanas, in which there is no sati. …
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Āsava · kilesa · papañca
Theravāda · the three layers of entanglement
… kilesa an active colouring of experience; in the Abhidhamma the kilesas are akusala-cetasikas and thereby belong formally to the saṅkhārakkhandha — but they colour saññā, cetanā, …