Citta and Mental Formation (Cetasika)-A Summary

Citta and Mental Formation (Cetasika)

1. Akusala

Loba 8

Dosa 2

Moha 2

Total 12

2. Kusala

Loba 8

Kusala/Akusala Total 20

3. Vipaka

Akusala 7

Kusala   8

Kusala / Akusala Total 15

4. Kriya

Akusala 3

Kusala 8

Kusala /Akusala Total 11

Total 20 + 15 +11= 46

3. Sasankharika Kusala Vipaka Ctita (prompted)

4

4. Asankharika Kusala Vipaka Ctita (spontaneous)

4

Total 46 + 8 = 54

5. Sahetuka Meaning there are antecedent roots

24 (all Kusala)in the Kamavacara World

6. Ahetuka Meaning there are no antecedent roots

7+8+3=18

7 Akusala

8 Kusala

3 Kriya

5. Domanassa

2 under Dosa (I need to be corrected here.

6. Somanassa (only Kusala implied)

Kusala 8

Vipaka 8

Kriya 8

Total 24

7. Jhana

5

8. Magga

4 Four Paths of Knowing the suffering

9. Pala

(that are cultivated by meditation)

Ekaggata- One Pointedness

1. Vitakka

2.Vicara

3. Piti

4. Sukha

5. Sati
6. Passadhi

7. Samadhi

8. Upekkha

What one has to know is as one progresses higher one is left with two states of Samadhi and Upekkha (the highest level)

10. Ultimate Goal is Panna or Wisdom