Twenty-four non-concurrent formations
Twenty-four formations not concurrent with mind (Skt. citta-viprayukta-saṃskāra; T. ldan min 'du byed nyi shu bzhi ལྡན་མིན་འདུ་བྱེད་ཉི་ཤུ་བཞི་) are identified in the Gateway to Knowledge (GTK). The Abhidharma-samuccaya (ADS) combines the first two factors (prāpti and aprāpti) for a total of twenty three factors.
According to the Gateway to Knowledge, these lists are not exclusive. The actual number of non-concurrent formations is beyond counting.[1]
This first set of fourteen factors are listed in both the Abhidharma-kosa and the Abhidharma-samuccaya (ADS), though the ADS combines the first two factors in this set (as prāpti).
- 1. prāpti (T. thob pa) - possession
- 2. aprāpti (T. ma thob pa) - dispossession
- 3. sabhāgatā (T. skal mnyam / ris mthun) - homogeneity, same status or similar class
- 4. asaṃjñāsamāpatti (T. 'du shes med pa'i snyoms 'jug) - meditative attainment of non-discernment
- 5. asaṃjñika (T. 'du shes med pa) - state of non-discernment
- 6. nirodhasāmapatti (T. 'gog pa'i snyoms 'jug) - meditative attainment of cessation
- 7. jīvitendriya (T. srog gi dbang po) - life-force
- 8-11. four characteristics of conditioned phenomena
- 12-14. nouns, phrases and letters
The remaining ten factors are listed in the Abhidharma-samuccaya, but are not found in the Abhidharma-kosa.[1]
- pṛthagjanatva (T. སོ་སོའི་སྐྱེ་བོ་ ) - ordinary person (GTK), status of an ordinary man (ADS)
- pravṛtti (T. འཇུག་པ་) - continuity (OA), regular sequence (GTK)
- pratiniyama (T. སོ་སོར་ངེས་པ་) - distinction (OA), definitive distinctiveness (GTK), diverse regularity (ADS)
- yoga (T. འབྱོར་འབྲེལ་བ་) - union (OA), connected link (GTK)
- java (T. མགྱོགས་པ་) - rapidity (OA), speed (GTK)
- anukrama (T. གོ་རིམ་) - sequence (OA, GTK), gradation (ADS)
- kāla (T. དུས་) - time
- deśa (T. ཡུལ་)- location (OA, GTK), orientation
- saṃkhyā (T. གྲངས་) - enumeration (OA), number (GTK, ADS)
- sāmagrī (T. ཚོགས་པ་) - assembly (OA), gathering (GTK)
Note that Ornament of Abhidharma (OA) and Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics identify only nine additional factors from the Abhidharma-samuccaya; these texts omit pṛthagjanatva.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mipham Rinpoche 2004, s.v. Formations.
- ↑ Thupten Jinpa 2017, s.v. Non-associated formative factors.
Sources
Asanga (2001), Abhidharmasamuccaya: The Compendium of the Higher Teaching (Philosophy), translated by Boin-Webb, Sara; Rahula, Walpola, Asian Humanities Press
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University- Chim Jampaiyang (2019), Jinpa, Thupten, ed., Ornament of Abhidharma: A Commentary on Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosa, translated by Coghlan, Ian James (Apple Books ed.), Library of Tibetan Classics
- Mipham Rinpoche (2004), Gateway to Knowledge, vol. I, translated by Kunsang, Erik Pema, Rangjung Yeshe Publications
- Thupten Jinpa, ed. (2017), Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Volume 1: The Physical World, translated by Coghlan, Ian James, Wisdom Publications
External links
ldan_min_'du_byed_bcu_bzhi, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki