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Beautiful mental factors
sobhana-cetasika
sobhana-cetasika
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Abhidhamma · Stage 3
The mental factors
… unwholesome ones (akusala-cetasika) — only with unwholesome consciousness The twenty-five beautiful ones (sobhana-cetasika) — only with wholesome Feeling tone (vedanā) — pleasant, unpleasant, neutral Door (dvāra) …
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The four satipaṭṭhānas
Satipaṭṭhāna
… every citta — including unwholesome ones —, sati belongs to the 25 sobhana-cetasikas (beautiful/wholesome factors). It arises exclusively with wholesome (kusala) moments of consciousness. That means …