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bhavanirodha
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Dear All,

would anybody care to give details about the attached diagram? I'm sure it is a table of the cittas, but am wondering about the little half moon thingys? Is there a site anyone knows of that details this or shows how it is used as a teaching aid?

Metta and peace,
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It appears this is something do with Abhidhamma.
Please download the free Abhidhamma book by Bhikkhu Bodhi.

https://store.pariyatti.org/Comprehensi ... _4362.html
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It's an Abhidhamma chart of the 89 or 121 kinds of citta. Starting from the left...

1st column
The first four rows are the 12 unwholesomes.
The second three rows are the 18 rootless resultants.

2nd column
8 great wholesomes.
8 great resultants.
8 great functionals.

The rest are the 15 refined-form and 12 formless jhāna cittas and the 8 or 40 supramundane cittas.
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It turns out otherwise.
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Dear Venerable Sir,

Thank you for the reply and the detail. I would then make out the half moon thingys to be the two types of body consciousness, accompanied by pain and pleasure. Does that sound right?

Metta and peace,
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bhavanirodha wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2017 1:08 am Thank you for the reply and the detail. I would then make out the half moon thingys to be the two types of body consciousness, accompanied by pain and pleasure. Does that sound right?
Indeed.
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.


In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
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What is the source of above diagram?
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Dear SarathW,

I kept seeing it pop up in Google searches of "abhidhamma."

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Above message maybe out of date. Latest update will be in massage's link.
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Similar chart can be found in pg 439 of Buddha Abhidhamma Ultimate Science

http://dhammadownload.com/File-Library/ ... glish).pdf
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