Individual wrote:Where do you objectively draw the line between "specific" and "general" characteristics?
The three general characteristics are anicca, dukkha & anatta. The specific characteristics are extensively detailed in abhidhamma. These are causally compounded by kamma with momentary forms of conditional phenomenal interdependence arising and passing. These are found in the body and the six senses. These are examined with mindful attention; the development of virtue, concentration and precision in examination, understanding and dispassion, clarity and freedom.
To be
directly known and understood by the wise, those who practice well.
Who look at what is to be looked at to see what one will see. Who Know. Realize. Understand.
There is the intention to know. As opposed to the intention to accept ignorance. Then there is developing knowledge and finally there is knowing. This is the skillful use of the given kamma that we are.
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Avidyā (Sanskrit) or avijjā (Pāli) means "ignorance" or "delusion".
It is used extensively in Buddhist texts.
Synonyms:
* 無明 Cn: wúmíng; Jp: mumyō; Vi: vô minh
* Tibetan: ma rig pa
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Avidyā is a Sanskrit word that holds the semantic field of "ignorance", "delusion", "unlearned", "unwise" and that which is not, or runs counter to, vidya. It is used extensively in Hindu texts, including the Upanishads and as well in Buddhist thought.
Root of suffering
Avidyā plays a key role in Buddhism and Buddhist doctrine and is the primary cause of suffering in saṃsāra.
1. Avidyā is one of the three kleśas.
2. Avidyā is the first link of Pratītyasamutpāda.
3. Avidyā is the first spoke on the Bhavacakra.
As one of the kleśas, Avidyā leads to craving (tṛṣṇā) and clinging (upādāna).
As the first link of Pratitya-Samutpada, all other links depend on it.
As the first spoke on the Bhavacakra, all subsequent states follow in its wake.
[edit] From one to six aspects
Avidyā is a lack of knowing, and can be associated with intention. Avidyā has three aspects as associates to three kinds of vedanā (sensation), and presents four aspects as the ignorance of the Four Noble Truths, and five aspects as masking the five destinies (see : Samsāra). Avidyā has six aspects as associated to any of the six doors, the six senses (see: Ṣaḍāyatana).
See also:
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* Avidya for the treatment of the concept in Hinduism.
* Tanha for a complementary root of suffering in Buddhism.
* Kilesa for avidya's context within various Buddhist frameworks.
But whoever walking, standing, sitting, or lying down overcomes thought, delighting in the stilling of thought: he's capable, a monk like this, of touching superlative self-awakening. § 110. {Iti 4.11; Iti 115}