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Mental formation
cittasaṅkhāra
cittasaṅkhāra
Study texts (4) Study text
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The four satipaṭṭhānas
Satipaṭṭhāna
… feeling (vedanānupassanā) Experiencing rapture (pīti-paṭisaṃvedī) Experiencing happiness (sukha-paṭisaṃvedī) Experiencing the mental formation (cittasaṅkhāra-paṭisaṃvedī — cittasaṅkhāra = feeling and perception) Calming the mental formation (passambhayaṃ cittasaṅkhāraṃ) Third …
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Ānāpānasati — mindfulness of breathing
Ānāpānasati · MN 118
… well-being, a settled contentment — finer and more stable than pīti. 7 cittasaṅkhārapaṭisaṃvedī assasissāmi … passasissāmi "Experiencing the mental formation I shall breathe in / out …
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Cetanā, saṅkhāra and the step from avijjā to saṅkhāra
Theravāda Abhidhamma · cetanā, saṅkhāra & dependent origination
… physiological-psychological functions: kāyasaṅkhāra = in- and out-breathing, vacīsaṅkhāra = vitakka and vicāra, cittasaṅkhāra = saññā and vedanā (thus in the context of nirodha-samāpatti). In the paṭiccasamuppāda …
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Visuddhimagga — The Path of Purification
Commentary · Buddhaghosa / Nyanatiloka (in German)
German only
… zwei Arten: körperliches (kāyika) und geistiges (cetasika)." (8) "Die Geistesfunktion besänftigend" (passambhayam cittasankhāram) bedeutet: die grobe Geistesfunktion beruhigend oder aufhebend. Der ausführliche Sinn ist in der …
Discourses (16) Canon
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Ps 1.3
1.3. Ānāpānassatikathā
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… “Passambhayaṁ kāyasaṅkhāraṁ assasissāmī”ti sikkhati. “Passambhayaṁ kāyasaṅkhāraṁ passasissāmī”ti sikkhati. Pītipaṭisaṁvedī …pe… sukhapaṭisaṁvedī … cittasaṅkhārapaṭisaṁvedī … passambhayaṁ cittasaṅkhāraṁ … cittapaṭisaṁvedī … abhippamodayaṁ cittaṁ … samādahaṁ cittaṁ … vimocayaṁ …
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MN118
Mindfulness of Breathing
… ‘Pītipaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati, ‘pītipaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati; ‘sukhapaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati, ‘sukhapaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati; ‘cittasaṅkhārapaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati, ‘cittasaṅkhārapaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati; ‘passambhayaṁ cittasaṅkhāraṁ assasissāmī’ti sikkhati, ‘passambhayaṁ cittasaṅkhāraṁ passasissāmī’ti sikkhati. …
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Ya 6.1.2
6.1.2. Paṇṇattivāraniddesa
German only
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… na ca vacīsaṅkhāro. Na cittaṁ na cittasaṅkhāroti? Cittasaṅkhāro na cittaṁ, cittasaṅkhāro. Cittañca cittasaṅkhārañca ṭhapetvā avasesā na ceva cittaṁ na ca cittasaṅkhāro. Na cittasaṅkhāro na cittanti? Cittaṁ …
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Ps 1.1
1.1. Ñāṇakathā
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… pītipaṭisaṁvedī assāsavasena … pītipaṭisaṁvedī passāsavasena … sukhapaṭisaṁvedī assāsavasena … sukhapaṭisaṁvedī passāsavasena … cittasaṅkhārapaṭisaṁvedī assāsavasena … cittasaṅkhārapaṭisaṁvedī passāsavasena … passambhayaṁ cittasaṅkhāraṁ assāsavasena … passambhayaṁ cittasaṅkhāraṁ passāsavasena … …
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DN18
With Janavasabha
… caparaṁ, bho, idhekaccassa oḷārikā kāyasaṅkhārā appaṭippassaddhā honti, oḷārikā vacīsaṅkhārā appaṭippassaddhā honti, oḷārikā cittasaṅkhārā appaṭippassaddhā honti. So aparena samayena ariyadhammaṁ suṇāti, yoniso manasi karoti, dhammānudhammaṁ paṭipajjati. Tassa …
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MN62
The Longer Advice to Rāhula
… ‘Pītippaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati; ‘pītippaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati; ‘sukhappaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati; ‘sukhappaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati; ‘cittasaṅkhārappaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati; ‘cittasaṅkhārappaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati; ‘passambhayaṁ cittasaṅkhāraṁ assasissāmī’ti sikkhati; ‘passambhayaṁ cittasaṅkhāraṁ passasissāmī’ti sikkhati. …
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SN54.1
One Thing
… ‘Pītippaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati, ‘pītippaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati; ‘sukhappaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati, ‘sukhappaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati; ‘cittasaṅkhārappaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati, ‘cittasaṅkhārappaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati; ‘passambhayaṁ cittasaṅkhāraṁ assasissāmī’ti sikkhati, ‘passambhayaṁ cittasaṅkhāraṁ passasissāmī’ti sikkhati. …
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AN10.60
With Girimānanda
… ‘Pītipaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati. ‘Pītipaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati. ‘Sukhapaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati. ‘Sukhapaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati. ‘Cittasaṅkhārapaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati. ‘Cittasaṅkhārapaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati. ‘Passambhayaṁ cittasaṅkhāraṁ assasissāmī’ti sikkhati. ‘Passambhayaṁ cittasaṅkhāraṁ passasissāmī’ti sikkhati. …
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Bu Pj 3
The third training rule on expulsion
… Pītippaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmīti sikkhati. Pītippaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmīti sikkhati. Sukhappaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmīti sikkhati. Sukhappaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmīti sikkhati. Cittasaṅkhārappaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmīti sikkhati. Cittasaṅkhārappaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmīti sikkhati. Passambhayaṁ cittasaṅkhāraṁ assasissāmīti sikkhati. Passambhayaṁ cittasaṅkhāraṁ passasissāmīti sikkhati. …
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SN54.10
With Kimbila
… ‘pītippaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati, ‘pītippaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati; ‘sukhappaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati, ‘sukhappaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati; ‘cittasaṅkhārappaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati, ‘cittasaṅkhārappaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati; ‘passambhayaṁ cittasaṅkhāraṁ passasissāmī’ti sikkhati— vedanāsu vedanānupassī, ānanda, bhikkhu …
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SN54.13
With Ānanda (1st)
… vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ. Yasmiṁ samaye, ānanda, bhikkhu ‘pītippaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati, sukhappaṭisaṁvedī …pe… cittasaṅkhārappaṭisaṁvedī … ‘passambhayaṁ cittasaṅkhāraṁ assasissāmī’ti sikkhati, ‘passambhayaṁ cittasaṅkhāraṁ passasissāmī’ti sikkhati— vedanāsu vedanānupassī, ānanda, bhikkhu …
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SN54.16
Several Mendicants (2nd)
… satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ. Yasmiṁ samaye, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pītippaṭisaṁvedī …pe… sukhappaṭisaṁvedī … cittasaṅkhārappaṭisaṁvedī … ‘passambhayaṁ cittasaṅkhāraṁ assasissāmī’ti sikkhati, ‘passambhayaṁ cittasaṅkhāraṁ passasissāmī’ti sikkhati— vedanāsu vedanānupassī, bhikkhave, bhikkhu …
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MN43
The Great Elaboration
… nānākaraṇan”ti? “Yvāyaṁ, āvuso, mato kālaṅkato tassa kāyasaṅkhārā niruddhā paṭippassaddhā, vacīsaṅkhārā niruddhā paṭippassaddhā, cittasaṅkhārā niruddhā paṭippassaddhā, āyu parikkhīṇo, usmā vūpasantā, indriyāni paribhinnāni. Yo cāyaṁ bhikkhu saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ samāpanno …
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Mnd 2
2. Guhaṭṭhakasuttaniddesa
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… cittārammaṇe ñāṇaṁ manomoneyyaṁ, cittapariññā manomoneyyaṁ, pariññāsahagato maggo manomoneyyaṁ, citte chandarāgassa pahānaṁ manomoneyyaṁ, cittasaṅkhāranirodho saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ manomoneyyaṁ— idaṁ manomoneyyaṁ. “Kāyamuniṁ vācāmuniṁ, manomunimanāsavaṁ; Muniṁ moneyyasampannaṁ, āhu sabbappahāyinaṁ. Kāyamuniṁ vācāmuniṁ, …
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Mnd 13
13. Mahābyūhasuttaniddesa
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… cittārammaṇe ñāṇaṁ manomoneyyaṁ, cittapariññā manomoneyyaṁ, pariññāsahagato maggo manomoneyyaṁ, citte chandarāgassa pahānaṁ manomoneyyaṁ, cittasaṅkhāranirodho saññāvedayitanirodhasamāpatti manomoneyyaṁ— idaṁ manomoneyyaṁ. “Kāyamuniṁ vācāmuniṁ, manomunimanāsavaṁ; Muniṁ moneyyasampannaṁ, āhu sabbappahāyinaṁ. Kāyamuniṁ vācāmuniṁ, …
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Cnd 8
4. Mettagūmāṇavapucchāniddesa
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… Cittārammaṇe ñāṇaṁ manomoneyyaṁ. Cittapariññā manomoneyyaṁ. Pariññāsahagato maggo manomoneyyaṁ. Citte chandarāgassa pahānaṁ manomoneyyaṁ. Cittasaṅkhāranirodho saññāvedayitanirodhasamāpatti manomoneyyaṁ. Idaṁ manomoneyyaṁ. Kāyamuniṁ vacīmuniṁ, manomunimanāsavaṁ; Muniṁ moneyyasampannaṁ, āhu sabbappahāyinaṁ. Kāyamuniṁ vacīmuniṁ, …