What are the mental factors not covered in 52 mental factors in Abhidhamma?
Bikkhu Bodhi in the following video says that 52 mental factors are not a comprehensive list of all mental factors.
Can you list what other mental factors are to be included in this list.
https://youtu.be/Jxl6s1kFd6U?t=595
What are the mental factors not covered in 52 mental factors in Abhidhamma?
What are the mental factors not covered in 52 mental factors in Abhidhamma?
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Re: What are the mental factors not covered in 52 mental factors in Abhidhamma?
One thing mentioned by a couple of authors is the lack of accounting for memory.SarathW wrote:What are the mental factors not covered in 52 mental factors in Abhidhamma?
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Nyanaponika, in his "Abhidhamma Studies: Buddhist Explorations of Consciousness & Time"*, investigates this topic a bit.
C.f. Appendix, page 111ff
*http://kusala.online-dhamma.net/%E6%96% ... 0Thera.pdf
Re: What are the mental factors not covered in 52 mental factors in Abhidhamma?
I personally didn't find "respect" as a mental state there. Maybe "surprise" state as well. Some say about "fear". I think there can be more if you think a bit.
Re: What are the mental factors not covered in 52 mental factors in Abhidhamma?
Hi SarathW
There are mainly 3 Abhidhamma school , their compendium are written in
- Abhidhammattha-sangaha by Acariya Anuruddha - a Theravada commentary that lists fifty-two mental factors.
- Abhidharma-kosha by Vasubandhu - a Sarvastivada commentary (studied by the Mahayana schools) that lists forty-six mental factors.
- Abhidharma-samuccaya by Asanga - a Yogachara commentary (studied by the Mahayana schools) that lists fifty-one mental factors.
Some mental factors are common by 3 schools but their positions are not the same.
And beside that, there are another mental factors specifics to the school.
You can see the list of mental factors (cetasika) here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_fa ... uddhism%29
Best wishes
There are mainly 3 Abhidhamma school , their compendium are written in
- Abhidhammattha-sangaha by Acariya Anuruddha - a Theravada commentary that lists fifty-two mental factors.
- Abhidharma-kosha by Vasubandhu - a Sarvastivada commentary (studied by the Mahayana schools) that lists forty-six mental factors.
- Abhidharma-samuccaya by Asanga - a Yogachara commentary (studied by the Mahayana schools) that lists fifty-one mental factors.
Some mental factors are common by 3 schools but their positions are not the same.
And beside that, there are another mental factors specifics to the school.
You can see the list of mental factors (cetasika) here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_fa ... uddhism%29
Best wishes