Eighteen concretely produced material phenomena
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Eighteen concretely produced material phenomena are identified within the scheme of the seventy-two dhammas of the Abhidhammattha-sangaha.[1]
The eighteen elements are:[1]
- I. Great Essentials
- 1. Earth element
- 2. Water element
- 3. Fire element
- 4. Air element
- II. Sensitive Phenomena
- 5. Eye-sensitivity
- 6. Ear-sensitivity
- 7. Nose-sensitivity
- 8. Tongue-sensitivity
- 9. Body-sensitivity
- III. Objective Phenomena
- 10. Visible form
- 11. Sound
- 12. Smell
- 13. Taste
- *. Tangibility (= 3 elements: earth, fire, air)
- IV. Sexual Phenomena
- 14. Femininity
- 15. Masculinity
- V. Heart Phenomenon
- 16. Heart-base
- VI. Life Phenomenon
- 17. Life faculty
- VII. Nutritional Phenomenon
- 18. Nutriment
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bodhi 2012, "Compendium of Matter".
Sources
- Bhikkhu Bodhi (2012). A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma. Buddhist Publication Society.