Pali Term: Appatiṭṭha

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Hi Dmytro
Precision would also require to specify the nature of 'establishment'.
I agree, so let me hazard a proposal. We see the nature of establishment/patiṭṭhā operating in AN 3.76 as follows -
Thus kamma is the field, consciousness the seed, and craving the moisture. The consciousness of living beings hindered by ignorance & fettered by craving is established in/tuned to a lower property. Thus there is the production of renewed becoming in the future.

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Iti kho ānanda, kammaṃ khettaṃ, viññāṇaṃ bījaṃ, taṇhā sineho. Avijjānīvaraṇānaṃ sattānaṃ taṇhāsaṃyojanānaṃ hīnāya dhātuyā viññāṇaṃ patiṭṭhitaṃ. Evaṃ āyati punabbhavābhinibbatti hoti.
This sutta suggests that patiṭṭhā is a process of creating the potential for a type of rebecoming in the future. The allowance for both the present event and the future possibility existing in the same proposition is in fact attested to in the special grammatical construction used in "Tasmiṃ patiṭṭhite viññāṇe virūḷhe āyatiṃ punabbhavābhinibbatti hoti." from SN 12.38.

In this connection, the process of patiṭṭhā seems related to those questions posed to the Buddha regarding the destination/gati of those who have died, eg Ud 1.10, or even of those who have not yet died, eg SN 55.21.

It is this connection to the rebirth potential that causes me to reject the translation of "appatiṭṭhita viññāṇa" as referring to a "consciousness that is unestablished". If such a consciousness exists from the time of the non-establishment all the way to the end of the Arahant's life, we are left with Sati the fisherman's son's belief in some unchanging sub-stratum. I think it therefore makes better sense to treat the term as a reference to the event of non-establishment, rather than as a reference to a special ante-mortem consciousness of the Arahant (or worse, some 'unconditioned' post-mortem consciousness!).

This establishment/patiṭṭhā process looks closely connected to the verb tiṭṭhati which you helpfully pointed out in SN 35.235. I think the only discernible difference I can make out is the fact that patiṭṭhā is a reference to the creation of a future potential, while tiṭṭhati is the present action. Might it be possible to view it sequentially so that "if one tiṭṭhati, then there is patiṭṭhā."?

This split in the respective functions of tiṭṭhati and patiṭṭhāti is in fact explicated by SN 12.38 and SN 12.39 as follows -
What one intends, what one arranges, and what one obsesses about:[1] This is a support for the stationing of consciousness. There being a support, there is a landing [or: an establishing] of consciousness.

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Yañca bhikkhave, ceteti yañca pakappeti, yañca anuseti, ārammaṇametaṃ hoti viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā. Ārammaṇe sati patiṭṭhā viññāṇassa hoti.
The action performed by the verb tiṭṭhati would be the noun ṭhitiyā, while the action performed by the verb patiṭṭhā would be the noun patiṭṭhā . It looks as if ṭhitiyā is the paccaya/condition for the arising of patiṭṭhā.

Perhaps we could discuss further in a separate thread.
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Hi Sylvester,
Sylvester wrote:This sutta suggests that patiṭṭhā is a process of creating the potential for a type of rebecoming in the future. The allowance for both the present event and the future possibility existing in the same proposition is in fact attested to in the special grammatical construction used in "Tasmiṃ patiṭṭhite viññāṇe virūḷhe āyatiṃ punabbhavābhinibbatti hoti." from SN 12.38.
Fortunately, Margaret Cone's dictionary has at least a very short article:

appatiṭṭha, mfn., see sv patiṭṭhā

AFAIK, 'patiṭṭhā' is a noun meaning 'footing'. This literal meaning can be found in the sutta on crossing the flood:
http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.ph ... 15#p189622" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (evidently mistranslated).

Consciousness, when it gains a footing, indeed proliferates, creating thus a potential for rebecoming.

In the case of concentration (samadhi), the perceptual image (nimitta) as the footing (arammana) colors all the perception, proliferating thus all over the mind.

Similarly, the perceptual image of irritation (patigha-nimitta), or beauty (subha-nimitta), when attended with inappropriate attention, can color all the perception.

So, when consciousness does not have a footing, nothing colors the perception, and everything is perceived as it is - 'yathabhutam'.

The essentials of detecting the inappropriate engagement are well described in the article by Ven. Thanissaro "The Skill of Restraint":
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... #restraint" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It is this connection to the rebirth potential that causes me to reject the translation of "appatiṭṭhita viññāṇa" as referring to a "consciousness that is unestablished". If such a consciousness exists from the time of the non-establishment all the way to the end of the Arahant's life, we are left with Sati the fisherman's son's belief in some unchanging sub-stratum. I think it therefore makes better sense to treat the term as a reference to the event of non-establishment, rather than as a reference to a special ante-mortem consciousness of the Arahant (or worse, some 'unconditioned' post-mortem consciousness!).
Well, perhaps we need a stronger term - 'consciousness without fixation', 'without establishment' or something like this. Clearly the Arahant perceives things, but there's no proliferation.

I've opened new thread on 'ārammaṇa' at http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=12575" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; , where the 'starting point (for proliferation)' sense is evident.
This establishment/patiṭṭhā process looks closely connected to the verb tiṭṭhati which you helpfully pointed out in SN 35.235. I think the only discernible difference I can make out is the fact that patiṭṭhā is a reference to the creation of a future potential, while tiṭṭhati is the present action. Might it be possible to view it sequentially so that "if one tiṭṭhati, then there is patiṭṭhā."?

This split in the respective functions of tiṭṭhati and patiṭṭhāti is in fact explicated by SN 12.38 and SN 12.39 as follows -
What one intends, what one arranges, and what one obsesses about:[1] This is a support for the stationing of consciousness. There being a support, there is a landing [or: an establishing] of consciousness.

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yañca bhikkhave, ceteti yañca pakappeti, yañca anuseti, ārammaṇametaṃ hoti viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā. Ārammaṇe sati patiṭṭhā viññāṇassa hoti.
IMHO, simply 'when there's a basis (ārammaṇa), there's a footing (patiṭṭhā) for consciousness'.
Perhaps we could discuss further in a separate thread.
Seems like we are staying on topic.

Regards, Dmytro
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Hi Dmytro

Reading patiṭṭhā as a footing, instead of the process of establishment in rebirth, is also a fair interpretation that avoids the Sati problem. There might be some quibble, though, on what this would mean in relation to an Arahant's consciousness' footing not existing (patiṭṭhā viññāṇassa na hoti).

I just think that SN 12.39 might be a better candidate for this interpretation, rather than SN 12.38, as SN 12.39 does not address rebecoming, but the descent of nāmarūpa. Somehow, I try to avoid a same-life model of multiple punabbhava, and allow nāmarūpa to take on the role in both rebirth and multiple cognitive contacts.

But it's a minor difference in opinion that need not detain us.
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Hi Sylvester,
Sylvester wrote:Reading patiṭṭhā as a footing, instead of the process of establishment in rebirth, is also a fair interpretation that avoids the Sati problem. There might be some quibble, though, on what this would mean in relation to an Arahant's consciousness' footing not existing (patiṭṭhā viññāṇassa na hoti).
IMHO, it's the absense of the fixed point of reference:

"Then, Bahiya, you should train yourself thus: In reference to the seen, there will be only the seen. In reference to the heard, only the heard. In reference to the sensed, only the sensed. In reference to the cognized, only the cognized. That is how you should train yourself. When for you there will be only the seen in reference to the seen, only the heard in reference to the heard, only the sensed in reference to the sensed, only the cognized in reference to the cognized, then, Bahiya, there is no you in terms of that. When there is no you in terms of that, there is no you there. When there is no you there, you are neither here nor yonder nor between the two. This, just this, is the end of stress."
I just think that SN 12.39 might be a better candidate for this interpretation, rather than SN 12.38, as SN 12.39 does not address rebecoming, but the descent of nāmarūpa. Somehow, I try to avoid a same-life model of multiple punabbhava, and allow nāmarūpa to take on the role in both rebirth and multiple cognitive contacts.
I also consider the twelve-link Conditioned Arising to span three lives. On the other hand, the middle section (links 3-10) refers to present life, where interaction of vinnana and nama-rupa is evident.

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Thanks Dmytro.

I just wonder if the concept you are alluding to in terms of consciousness' "fixed point of reference" might not be better served by the looking at the process of ṭhitiyā (station/stand) represented by the verbs tiṭṭhamāna (present participle) and tiṭṭheyya (potential) in the Upaya Sutta, Bija Sutta and Adittapariyayasutta.

What seems to be common to these 3 suttas' discussion of the stationing of consciousness (viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā) is not that such ṭhitiyā is unskilfull per se. Rather, the ārammaṇa (basis) for patiṭṭhā viññāṇassa comes into existence only when viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā is accompanied by either -

(i) upayo (clinging to the Aggregates) per Upaya Sutta, and Bija Sutta, or
(ii) nimittassādagathitaṃ (fettered to gratification in the nimitta) or anubyañjanassādagathitaṃ (fettered to gratification in the features) per SN 35.235.

If fact, as you point out, SN 35.235's promise that contemplation of impermanence etc in place of the abovesaid 2 fetters leads to nibbidā (disenchantment). I don't think that with nibbidā, there can be a consciousness that is unstationed, at least not in the strict technical sense. I would infer that the "unstationed" simply means that the consciousness is not attached or not fettered while stationed. This is because the suttas say "consciousness when standing" (viññāṇaṃ tiṭṭhamānaṃ) and then posits a hypothetical "might stand clinging to form" (rūpūpayaṃ .... tiṭṭheyya). And this kind of consciousness is not limited to Arahants, but as SN 35.235 opines, it is available even to trainees.

It suddenly makes sense why the Pali version in MN 117 has a discussion of factors without effluents (anāsavā).
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Hi Sylvester,
Sylvester wrote:What seems to be common to these 3 suttas' discussion of the stationing of consciousness (viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā) is not that such ṭhitiyā is unskilfull per se. Rather, the ārammaṇa (basis) for patiṭṭhā viññāṇassa comes into existence only when viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā is accompanied by either -

(i) upayo (clinging to the Aggregates) per Upaya Sutta, and Bija Sutta, or
(ii) nimittassādagathitaṃ (fettered to gratification in the nimitta) or anubyañjanassādagathitaṃ (fettered to gratification in the features) per SN 35.235.
IMHO, this is very well described by the similes of the seed in the Bija sutta and Pathamabhava sutta. Consciousness, being established, is like a seed in the field. It may lay there dormant for years. Watered with craving, it proliferates and grows.

Similarly, identification with something may stay latent for centuries, until it ripens into some unskillful act.

A temporary solition would be to leave these seeds without nutriment. However suttas state unequivocally that the full removal of defilements mean making consciousness unstationed:

Rāgassa pahānā vocchijjatārammaṇaṃ patiṭṭhā viññāṇassa na hoti. (Upaya sutta)

Rūpadhātuyā ce bhikkhave bhikkhuno rāgo pahīno hoti, rāgassa pahānā vocchijjatārammaṇaṃ patiṭṭhā viññāṇassa na hoti. (Bija sutta)

Rāgassa pahānā vocchijjatārammaṇaṃ patiṭṭhā viññāṇassa na hoti. (Udana sutta)
If fact, as you point out, SN 35.235's promise that contemplation of impermanence etc in place of the abovesaid 2 fetters leads to nibbidā (disenchantment). I don't think that with nibbidā, there can be a consciousness that is unstationed, at least not in the strict technical sense.
With nibbidā, consciousness still cognizes, being without fixation or station.

It's hard to imagine a perception without any self-identification, but this is possible.

As explained in the instructions to Mettagu:

http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.ph ... 15#p189626" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

'unstationing' means dispelling any claims as 'mine'.
And this kind of consciousness is not limited to Arahants, but as SN 35.235 opines, it is available even to trainees.
Well, SN 35.235 describes how trainees become Arahants.
It suddenly makes sense why the Pali version in MN 117 has a discussion of factors without effluents (anāsavā).
Interesting. Would you explain why?

IMHO, 'seeds' in the similes above are very much like 'leaks' (āsava http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=4419" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ).

They both carry a potential for defilements (kilesa), and removing them completely means final freedom from defilements.
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Hi Dmytro
Dmytro wrote:
Sylvester wrote:What seems to be common to these 3 suttas' discussion of the stationing of consciousness (viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā) is not that such ṭhitiyā is unskilfull per se. Rather, the ārammaṇa (basis) for patiṭṭhā viññāṇassa comes into existence only when viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā is accompanied by either -

(i) upayo (clinging to the Aggregates) per Upaya Sutta, and Bija Sutta, or
(ii) nimittassādagathitaṃ (fettered to gratification in the nimitta) or anubyañjanassādagathitaṃ (fettered to gratification in the features) per SN 35.235.
IMHO, this is very well described by the similes of the seed in the Bija sutta and Pathamabhava sutta. Consciousness, being established, is like a seed in the field. It may lay there dormant for years. Watered with craving, it proliferates and grows.
I like this explanation a lot. The seed/bija was probably the best or only word available then to the Buddha and his listeners to denote the "potential" created by establishment. I wonder if instead of "establishment", we should elect a more idiomatic translation of patiṭṭhā as seeding and patiṭṭha / patiṭṭhita as seeded? But this creates in itself other interpretation problems, a la Sarvastivadin future-existent dharmas...

It suddenly makes sense why the Pali version in MN 117 has a discussion of factors without effluents (anāsavā).
Interesting. Would you explain why?
I have to thread carefully here, since the Pali section is nestled within the Classical Mahavihara Theravada section. I did not realise I might have breached the relevant Guidelines by this post -

http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.ph ... 15#p190337" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Rejecting the multiple punabbhava model entailed rejecting the same model expounded on a citta-per-citta basis in the Vibhanga. Most careless of me.

Anyway, I won't want to get embroiled in a discussion of what an āsava is, in terms of whether it flows in or flows out. I'll just take the most basic functional definition set out in MN 36 -
In whomever the fermentations that defile, that lead to renewed becoming, that give trouble, that ripen in stress, and lead to future birth, aging, & death are not abandoned: Him I call deluded.

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Yassa kassaci aggivessana ye āsavā saṅkilesikā ponobhavikā sadarā dukkhavipākā āyatiṃ jātijarāmaraṇīyā appahīnā, tamahaṃ sammūḷhoti vadāmi.
I would translate the above differently from Ven Thanissaro, substituting all occurences of "that" with "which", since the Pali syntax indicates a nexus, rather than a junction, between āsavā and the qualities. This would imply that each and every āsava will exhibit all of the above functions. Specifically, I zoom in on "ponobhavikā", ie āsavas lead to punabbhava/rebecoming.

SN 35.235's instruction on yoniso manasikāra is contrasted against the grasping of the sign/features of the various objects of consciousness. In such cases of contrast, the suttas generally intend to pit the effects/consequences against one another as well. In SN 35.235, the consequence of nimittassādagathita and anubyañjanassādagathita is establishment in the hīnadhātu. The foil to this, presented by yoniso manasikāra, should imply the opposite would be no-establishment and no-punabbhava. If there is no punabbhava, I think it would be a safe inference that there was no āsava at that time, based on how MN 36 links āsavas to punabbhava.

MN 149 says very much the same thing, but focussing on craving as ponobhavikā, instead of the effluents. There, it says that clear seeing leads to the 5 Aggregates associated with clinging going to apacaya/diminution, instead of upacaya/accumulation. This also suggests that yoniso manasikāra leads away from punabbhava.
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Having just read the helpful posts on Wise Attention and Sense Restraint in the other section, it occurred to me that there could perhaps be a little more said about SN 35.235's yoniso manasikāra, nimittassādagathita and anubyañjanassādagathita.

In the standard pericope on sense restraint, eg DN 2 and MN 27, we find this formula -
[And how does a monk guard the doors of his senses?] On seeing a form with the eye, he does not grasp at any theme or details by which — if he were to dwell without restraint over the faculty of the eye — evil, unskillful qualities such as greed or distress might assail him. ... This is how a monk guards the doors of his senses.etc etc.

So cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā na nimittaggāhī hoti nānubyañjanaggāhī. Yatvādhikaraṇamenaṃ cakkhundriyaṃ asaṃvutaṃ viharantaṃ abhijjhā domanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṃ. Tassa saṃvarāya paṭipajjati, rakkhati cakkhundriyaṃ, cakkhundriye saṃvaraṃ āpajjati.
Here, we see a variation of the theme of being fettered to the gratification in the nimitta or the anubyañjana discussed in SN 35.235. Interestingly, the sense restraint pericope goes beyond gratification/assāda and discusses just gāhī, a taking up of both gratifying and unpleasant signs. It seems pleasant signs give rise to sukkha, and this typically triggers rāgānusaya (the latent tendency to lust), while unpleasant signs give rise to dukkha, which generally triggers paṭighānusaya (the latent tendency to aversion) (MN 44). These 2 anusayā would be represented by the terms abhijjhā and domanassā (SN 36.6)

Here's the interesting part that ties back to SN 12.38 and SN 12.39. The sense restraint pericope implies that if a person is established in sense restraint, he/she would be untroubled by either rāgānusaya or paṭighānusaya. In SN 12.38/39, we see this proposition -
But when one doesn't intend, arrange, or obsess [about anything], there is no support for the stationing of consciousness.

Yato ca kho bhikkhave, no ceva ceteti, no ca pakappeti, no ca anuseti, ārammaṇametaṃ na hoti viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā.
Anuseti is the denominative verb from anusaya, so the proposition above refers to a person who does not anuseti = the anusayas are absent then. Does it look like SN 12.38 is saying that the anusayas as condition/paccaya for punabbhava is cut off by wise attention and sense restraint? Or should avijjānusaya be inferred to linger, being eradicated only with purification of view?

From MN 2-
When a monk attends inappropriately, unarisen fermentations arise, and arisen fermentations increase. When a monk attends appropriately, unarisen fermentations do not arise, and arisen fermentations are abandoned.

Ayoniso bhikkhave manasikaroto anuppannā ceva āsavā uppajjanti uppannā ca āsavā pavaḍḍhanti. Yoniso ca kho bhikkhave manasikaroto anuppannā ceva āsavā na uppajjanti, uppannā ca āsavā pahīyanti.
I think the gāhī in the sense restraint pericope is synonymous with the upaya in Upaya Sutta previously discussed. I think this suggests that while an Arahant's consciousness may be stationed/tiṭṭhita on an object, it is anupayo.
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Hi Dmytro

Whoops! I just discovered a major mistake in my reading of SN 12.38's ṭhitiyā (as in viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā). I had wrongly identified ṭhitiyā as the noun connected to the verbs tiṭṭhamāna and tiṭṭheyya in the Upaya Sutta, Bija Sutta and Adittapariyaya Sutta. It is not connected at all.

In fact, ṭhitiyā is the noun meaning "maintenance", as in kāyassa ṭhitiyā (in the injunctions that food is merely for the maintenance of the body)

The Commentary explains -
Viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā'ti kammaviññāṇassa ṭhitatthaṃ
Looks like BB's translation of SN 12.38 is better than Ven Thanissaro's.

Apologies for the confusion.
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Hi Sylvester,
Sylvester wrote:Here's the interesting part that ties back to SN 12.38 and SN 12.39. The sense restraint pericope implies that if a person is established in sense restraint, he/she would be untroubled by either rāgānusaya or paṭighānusaya.
Well, let's investigate some examples so that we won't get too far in the theory.

Say, a man is given to sexual lust. Accordingly, he has 'raganusaya'. When seeing something which resembles a woman, he would tend to get a perceptual image (nimitta) of an attractive woman. This would remind him of sukha, and switch on the passion.

So the restraint, preventing the taking up of such perceptual images (nimitta), would prevent the blooming of passion.
However the underlying tendencies may still remain for a long time. That's why further steps, such as samadhi and panna development, are necessary. Ādittapariyāyasuttaṃ (SN 35.235) describes the development of wisdom through the seven types of sanna ( http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.ph ... 834#p40805" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ).
In SN 12.38/39, we see this proposition -
But when one doesn't intend, arrange, or obsess [about anything], there is no support for the stationing of consciousness.

Yato ca kho bhikkhave, no ceva ceteti, no ca pakappeti, no ca anuseti, ārammaṇametaṃ na hoti viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā.
This evidently refers first of all to the link between sankhara and vinnana in the Conditioned Arising.
Anuseti is the denominative verb from anusaya, so the proposition above refers to a person who does not anuseti = the anusayas are absent then. Does it look like SN 12.38 is saying that the anusayas as condition/paccaya for punabbhava is cut off by wise attention and sense restraint? Or should avijjānusaya be inferred to linger, being eradicated only with purification of view?
Anusayas are removed by the Eightfold path. When there's no more anusayas, there's no more bases (arammana) for the stationing of consciousness, it is appatittha, and there's no more rebirth.
From MN 2-

When a monk attends inappropriately, unarisen fermentations arise, and arisen fermentations increase. When a monk attends appropriately, unarisen fermentations do not arise, and arisen fermentations are abandoned.

Ayoniso bhikkhave manasikaroto anuppannā ceva āsavā uppajjanti uppannā ca āsavā pavaḍḍhanti. Yoniso ca kho bhikkhave manasikaroto anuppannā ceva āsavā na uppajjanti, uppannā ca āsavā pahīyanti.
A great quote. Appropriate attention spans all parts of the Path - virtue, concentration and wisdom. 'Leaks' (asava) are abandoned one by one, from the gross ones to the subtle.

Seems like unglueing a piece of modelling clay from the table. First we get a small ball of clay together, and gradually unite into it all the clay. We roll this ball away from the places where it will stick, using it just to collect the stuck clay. Then, when all the clay is united into a single ball, we can lift it altogether from the table.
I think the gāhī in the sense restraint pericope is synonymous with the upaya in Upaya Sutta previously discussed. I think this suggests that while an Arahant's consciousness may be stationed/tiṭṭhita on an object, it is anupayo.
Well, that's an old error of the Pali-English dictionary. 'Gaṇhāti', in the context of perception, means just 'apprehends', without any 'grasping' connotation.

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Thanks for your thoughts, Dmytro. Helpful as always.
Dmytro wrote: Well, let's investigate some examples so that we won't get too far in the theory.

Say, a man is given to sexual lust. Accordingly, he has 'raganusaya'. When seeing something which resembles a woman, he would tend to get a perceptual image (nimitta) of an attractive woman. This would remind him of sukha, and switch on the passion.

So the restraint, preventing the taking up of such perceptual images (nimitta), would prevent the blooming of passion.
However the underlying tendencies may still remain for a long time.
I believe that would be how the Commentary to MN 44 explains it, linking the absence of specific anusayas to specific path moments of either Non-Return or Arahatta. At least that is how it seems to me to be how the Commentaries interpret "tena pajahatī" and "na tattha rāgānusayo anusetī". This being in the Classical Mahavihara section, I'll leave my own views on "Na kho ... sabbāya sukhāya vedanāya rāgānusayo anuseti" (No, the latent tendency to lust does not lie with all pleasant feelings) at the doorstep. However, I would agree with you that when lust has been triggered, rāgānusaya has been activated.

I think the gāhī in the sense restraint pericope is synonymous with the upaya in Upaya Sutta previously discussed. I think this suggests that while an Arahant's consciousness may be stationed/tiṭṭhita on an object, it is anupayo.
Well, that's an old error of the Pali-English dictionary. 'Gahnati', in the context of perception, means just 'apprehends', without any 'grasping' connotation.
This is interesting. May I trouble you to elaborate? I've not been able to locate the present tense of the verb, from what looks like the past participle gāhī .

Again, with thanks!
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Re: Pali Term: Appatiṭṭha

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Hello Sylvester,
Sylvester wrote:
I think the gāhī in the sense restraint pericope is synonymous with the upaya in Upaya Sutta previously discussed. I think this suggests that while an Arahant's consciousness may be stationed/tiṭṭhita on an object, it is anupayo.
Well, that's an old error of the Pali-English dictionary. 'Gaṇhāti', in the context of perception, means just 'apprehends', without any 'grasping' connotation.
This is interesting. May I trouble you to elaborate? I've not been able to locate the present tense of the verb, from what looks like the past participle gāhī .
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Re: Pali Term: Appatiṭṭha

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Found it in the Critical Pali Dictionary:

a-ppatiṭṭha, mfn. [sa. a-pratiṣṭha], (á) without footing or support, bottomless; n. ~aṁ appavattam anārammaṇam eva taṁ, Ud 80,15* (quoted Ud-a 151,20); acc f. ~aṁ anālambaṁ duttaraṁ sīghavā-hiniṁ (scil. nadiṁ), Ap 469,29 = Th-a (Ce) 510,21*; loc. n. ~e anālambe ko gambhīre na sīdati, Sn 173 (Pj) = SN I 53,17* (Spk: heṭṭhā ~e, upari anālambe); ~e anālambe giriduggasrni pāpataṁ, Ja V 70,12*; f. pl. a-ppatiṭṭha433,16; acc pl. m., ~e va no katvā samaṇo Gotamo khipeyya, Ps II 197,31 (or to b?); — (b) helpless (at a loss for an answer or criticism); ~o, Ps II 271,15 (yathā eso ~o hoti); ~o anālambo, Ps III 198,15; without means of subsistence; f. ~ā, Ja III 387,1' ( = 'aparāyinī'); m.pl. ~ā, Spk I 116,13 (= 'anāthā'); acc m. pl. ~e, Ja IV 389,16 (amhe ~e karissati).

a-ppatiṭṭha(t) & ~anta, mfn. (neg. part. of patiṭṭhăti, sa. prati + √sthā), without footing; m. ~aṁ + an-āyūhaṁ, SN I 1,15-22* (— appatiṭṭhanto, Spk).

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