Abhidhamma View : Self-Doer [Attakaarii]
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:23 pm
Dear Members,
Abhidhamma View : Self-Doer [Attakaarii]
[Presented by Dr.Tep Sastri @SariputtaDhamma/JTN]
Thanks to Hanzze for introducing "Manual of Buddhism" by Venerable Ledi Sayadaw, who wrote on page 273:
22. Not understanding the Law of Dependent Origination (paticca-samuppada), as declared by the Buddha:
"With Ignorance (avijja) as condition, there arise Volitional Activities (sankhara); with volitional
activities as condition, there arises Consciousness (vinnana); with consciousness as condition, there
arise Mentality-and-Materiality (namarupa; ... ) thus there arises this 'whole mass of ills' dukkhakkhandha."
When one is ignorant of this Law of Causality, one firmly holds the wrong view of karaka-ditthi,
insisting that if there is an action there is a doer, so that materiality and mentality cannot be seen
as distinct phenomena or dhamma, but as some person or being.
http://www.abhidhamma.com/txt_Manuals_of_Buddhism.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The above word "doer" is in the sense of a 'self' or 'atta': the ego-entity perception that is a
consequence of the wrong view, atta-di.t.thi, about a permanent self or soul. But the Buddha's term
'atta-kaarii' --self-doer; initiating being-- does not contradict with the anatta doctrine.
"When there is an element of initiating, are initiating beings [4] clearly discerned?"
"Just so, Venerable Sir."
"So, brahmin, when there is the element of initiating, initiating beings are clearly discerned; of such
beings, this is the self-doer, this, the other-doer.[5]
Translator's Notes:
[4]. Aarabbhavanto sattaa. This phrase is in the plural.
[5]. The sense here would seem to be as follows: We clearly discern initiated actions (in ourselves and
in others); so we clearly discern that there are initiating beings who initiate those actions; and the
"self-doer" and "other-doer" are just particular beings amongst that set of beings (who may be
described, for example, from a subjective or objective perspective, respectively).
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... html#fnt-5" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Vocabulary: kaarii (m.), doer. kari : [aor. of karoti] did; acted; made; built.
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Love Buddha's dhamma,
yawares/sirikanya
Abhidhamma View : Self-Doer [Attakaarii]
[Presented by Dr.Tep Sastri @SariputtaDhamma/JTN]
Thanks to Hanzze for introducing "Manual of Buddhism" by Venerable Ledi Sayadaw, who wrote on page 273:
22. Not understanding the Law of Dependent Origination (paticca-samuppada), as declared by the Buddha:
"With Ignorance (avijja) as condition, there arise Volitional Activities (sankhara); with volitional
activities as condition, there arises Consciousness (vinnana); with consciousness as condition, there
arise Mentality-and-Materiality (namarupa; ... ) thus there arises this 'whole mass of ills' dukkhakkhandha."
When one is ignorant of this Law of Causality, one firmly holds the wrong view of karaka-ditthi,
insisting that if there is an action there is a doer, so that materiality and mentality cannot be seen
as distinct phenomena or dhamma, but as some person or being.
http://www.abhidhamma.com/txt_Manuals_of_Buddhism.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The above word "doer" is in the sense of a 'self' or 'atta': the ego-entity perception that is a
consequence of the wrong view, atta-di.t.thi, about a permanent self or soul. But the Buddha's term
'atta-kaarii' --self-doer; initiating being-- does not contradict with the anatta doctrine.
"When there is an element of initiating, are initiating beings [4] clearly discerned?"
"Just so, Venerable Sir."
"So, brahmin, when there is the element of initiating, initiating beings are clearly discerned; of such
beings, this is the self-doer, this, the other-doer.[5]
Translator's Notes:
[4]. Aarabbhavanto sattaa. This phrase is in the plural.
[5]. The sense here would seem to be as follows: We clearly discern initiated actions (in ourselves and
in others); so we clearly discern that there are initiating beings who initiate those actions; and the
"self-doer" and "other-doer" are just particular beings amongst that set of beings (who may be
described, for example, from a subjective or objective perspective, respectively).
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... html#fnt-5" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Vocabulary: kaarii (m.), doer. kari : [aor. of karoti] did; acted; made; built.
*************
Love Buddha's dhamma,
yawares/sirikanya