Appendix to Chapter 34

Nineteen Sobhana Cetasikas accompanying each Sobhana Citta

  • confidence, saddhā

  • mindfulness, sati

  • shame, hiri

  • fear of blame, ottapa

  • non-attachment, alobha

  • non-aversion, adosa

  • equanimity, tatramajjhattatā

Six Pairs

  • calm of cetasikas, kāya-passaddhi

    calm of citta, citta-passaddhi

  • lightness of cetasikas, kāya-lahutā

    lightness of citta, citta-lahutā

  • pliancy of cetasikas, kāya-mudutā

    pliancy of citta, citta-mudutā

  • wieldiness of cetasikas, kāya-kammaññatā

    wieldiness of citta, citta-kammaññatā

  • proficiency of cetasikas, kāya-pāguññatā

    proficiency of citta, citta-pāguññatā

  • uprightness of cetasikas, kāya-ujukatā

    uprightness of citta, citta-ujukatā

These sobhana cetasikas accompany: twentyfour sobhana cittas of the sense-sphere, kāmāvacara sobhana cittas.

  • eight mahā-kusala cittas

  • eight mahā-vipākacittas

  • eight mahā-kiriyacittas

    fifteen rūpa-jhānacittas of five stages

  • five rūpāvacara kusala cittas

  • five rūpāvacara vipākacittas

  • five rūpāvacara kiriyacittas

    12 arūpāvacara-jhānacittas of fourstages

  • four arūpāvacara kusala cittas

  • four arūpāvacara vipākacittas

  • four arūpāvacara kiriyacittas

  • eight lokuttara cittas

    (or forty, when lokuttara cittas accompanied by the jhāna-factors of the different stages of jhāna are taken into account.)

Six Sobhana Cetasikas which do not accompany each Sobhana Citta: {.subsection}

  • abstinence from wrong speech, vacīduccarita virati

  • abstinence from wrong action, kāyaduccarita virati

  • abstinence from wrong livelihood, ājīvaduccarita virati

  • compassion, karuṇā

  • sympathetic joy, muditā

  • understanding or wisdom, paññā

Thus, altogether there are twenty-five sobhana cetasikas, of which nineteen arise with each sobhana citta and six do not arise with each sobhana citta.

The three abstinences (the virati cetasikas) can accompany the following cittas:

  • eight mahā-kusala cittas which are of the sense-sphere (kamāvacara

    cittas)

  • eight (or forty) lokuttara cittas which are always accompanied by

    all three abstinences

  • Compassion (karuṇā) can accompany the following cittas:

  • eight mahā-kusala cittas

  • eight mahā-kiriyacittas

  • twelve rūpāvacara cittas (the rūpāvacara kusala cittas, vipākacittas

    and kiriyacittas of the first, second, third and fourth stage of

    jhāna (of the fivefold system)

thus, compassion can accompany twenty-eight types of citta

Sympathetic joy (muditā) can accompany the following cittas:

  • eight mahā-kusala cittas

  • eight mahā-kiriyacittas

  • twelve rūpāvacara cittas

thus, sympathetic joy can accompany twenty-eight types of citta in all.

Understanding (paññā) accompanies the following cittas:

  • four mahā-kusala cittas (those which are called: ñāṇa-sampayutta,

    accompanied by understanding)

  • four mahā-vipākacittas (ñāṇa-sampayutta)

  • four mahā-kiriyacittas (ñāṇa-sampayutta)

  • five rūpāvacara kusala cittas (of the five stages of rūpa-jhāna)

  • five rūpāvacara vipākacittas

  • five rūpāvacara kiriyacittas

  • four arūpāvacara kusala cittas (of the four stages of arūpa-jhāna)

  • four arūpāvacara vipākacittas

  • four arūpāvacara kiriyacittas

  • eight lokuttara cittas

Thus, understanding accompanies fortyseven types of citta in all: twelve kāmāvacara cittas, fifteen rūpāvacara cittas, twelve arūpāvacara cittas and eight lokuttara cittas

When forty lokuttara cittas are counted instead of eight, namely, lokuttara cittas accompanied by the jhāna-factors of the five stages of jhāna, there are seventynine cittas in all accompanied by understanding.

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