Encyclopedia of Buddhism

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  1. Volition (cetana)

  2. Contact (spars ́a)

  3. Attention (manaskara)

  4. DESIRE(chanda)

  5. Inclination or aspiration (adhimoksa)

  6. MINDFULNESS(smrti)

  7. Concentration (samadhi)

  8. Comprehension (mati,prajña)


Ten factors accompany every wholesome thought;
these are the wholesome factors of large extent
(kus ́alamahabhumika). They are:



  1. FAITH(s ́raddha)

  2. Diligence (apramada)

  3. Repose (pras ́rabdhi)

  4. Equanimity (upeksa)

  5. Shame, with reference to oneself (hrl)

  6. Aversion, with reference to other people’s bad
    actions (apatrapya)

  7. Noncovetousness (alobha)

  8. Nonmalevolence (advesa)

  9. Nonviolence (ahimsa)

  10. Strenuousness (vlrya)


Six factors accompany every defiled thought; these are
the defiled factors of large extent (kles ́amahabhumika).
They are:



  1. Confusion (moha)

  2. Negligence (apramada)

  3. Mental dullness (kausldya)

  4. Nonbelief (as ́raddhya)

  5. Sloth (styana)

  6. Frivolity (auddhatya)


Two factors accompany every unwholesome thought;
these are called unwholesome factors of large extent
(akus ́alamahabhumika). They are:



  1. Shamelessness (ahrlkya)

  2. Lack of modesty (anapatrapya)


Ten defiled factors of limited extent (upakles ́aparltta-
bhumika), which may occur at various times, are:


  1. Anger (krodha)

  2. Hypocrisy (mraksa)

  3. Stinginess (matsarya)

  4. Envy (lrsya)

  5. Ill-motivated rivalry (pradasa)

  6. The causing of harm (vihimsa)

  7. Enmity (upanaha)

  8. Deceit (maya)

  9. Trickery (s ́athya)

  10. Arrogance (mada)


Eight undetermined (aniyata) factors have variant
moral implications and may accompany either a
wholesome, unwholesome, or indeterminate thought.
They are:


  1. Initial thought (vitarka)

  2. Discursive thought (vicara)

  3. Drowsiness (middha)

  4. Remorse (kaukrtya)

  5. Greed (raga)

  6. Hatred (pratigha)

  7. Pride (mana)

  8. DOUBT(vicikitsa) about the teaching


Fourteen factors are neither material nor mental and
are dissociated from thought (cittaviprayukta). They
are:


  1. Acquisition (prapti), a force that controls the
    collection of elements in an individual life-
    continuum, which links an acquired object
    with its owner

  2. Dispossession (aprapti), which separates an ac-
    quired object from its owner

  3. Homogeneity (sabhagata)

  4. Nonperception (asamjñika), a force that leads
    one to the attainment of nonperception

  5. Attainment of nonperception (asamjñisama-
    patti), which is produced by the effort to enter
    trance after having stopped perceptions


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