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Universal mental factors
sabbacittasādhāraṇa
sabbacittasādhāraṇa
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Abhidhamma · Stage 3
The mental factors
… (cetasika) — what accompanies and colours the cognising The seven universal ones (sabbacittasādhāraṇa) — in every moment The fourteen unwholesome ones (akusala-cetasika) — only with unwholesome …
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Citta, cetasika and the way to Nibbāna
Abhidhamma · foundation (part 1)
… the same object, the same basis. At least the seven universal cetasikas (sabbacittasādhāraṇa) are present in every citta: phassa (contact), vedanā (feeling), saññā (perception), cetanā (will …
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The nine attainments and entering the fruit
Meditation / jhāna (part 4)
… heart of it: saññā and vedanā belong to the seven universal cetasikas (sabbacittasādhāraṇa, citta-cetasika document, 1.a) — they are present in every citta. As long as …
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Cetanā, saṅkhāra and the step from avijjā to saṅkhāra
Theravāda Abhidhamma · cetanā, saṅkhāra & dependent origination
… In the Abhidhamma, cetanā is one of the seven universal mental factors (sabbacittasādhāraṇā cetasikā) that are present in every moment of consciousness without exception (Dhs §5; …
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Interest, choice and not grasping — cetanā and chanda in the web of conditions
Theravāda Abhidhamma · study record · cetanā, chanda & gotrabhū
… conditioned In the Abhidhamma, cetanā belongs to the seven universal mental factors (sabbacittasādhāraṇa): phassa, vedanā, saññā, cetanā, ekaggatā, jīvitindriya, manasikāra. "Universal" means: cetanā is present in …
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Cetanā, citta and the “flow of prāṇa”
Theravāda Abhidhamma · cetanā, cittaja-rūpa, vāyo-dhātu & kāyaviññatti
… the consciousness. Seven of them are present in every moment of consciousness (sabbacittasādhāraṇa), among them phassa (contact), vedanā (feeling tone), manasikāra (attention) — and cetanā (the …