5. Follow the same procedure of discerning and defining each type of mental factor that occurs in eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind-door cognitive processes.
6. Finally, memorize the characteristic, function, manifestation, and proximate causes for each link in the cycle of dependent arising. As you discern a development from your past life to the present life, consider each link in the chain of dependent arising in terms of its characteristic, function, manifestation, and proximate causes.
In this way you will thoroughly understand the subtle components of mind and body. The tables below structure the material, mental, and causal constituents for easy memorization.
TABLE 16.1
Characteristic, Function, Manifestation, and Proximate Causes of Twenty-Eight Kinds of Materiality
Key:
C = characteristic
F = function
M = manifestation
P = proximate cause
EIGHTEEN REAL OR CONCRETE MATERIALITIES
1. Earth element—paṭhavīdhātu
C: hardness, roughness, heaviness, softness, smoothness, lightness
F: to act as a foundation for the other coexisting primary elements and derived materialities in the same kalāpa
M: as receiving coexisting materialities in the same kalāpa
P: the other three primary elements in the same kalāpa (water, fire, and wind)
2. Water element—āpodhātu
C: flowing, trickling, or oozing
F: to intensify the coexisting materialities in the same kalāpa
M: as the holding together or cohesion of material phenomena in the same kalāpa
P: the other three primary elements in the same kalāpa (earth, fire, and wind)
3. Fire element—tejodhātu
C: heat (a deficiency of heat is referred to as cold)
F: to mature, maintain, or ripen other material phenomena in the same kalāpa
M: as a continuous supply of softness, pliancy
P: the other three primary elements in the same kalāpa (earth, water, and wind)
4. Wind element—vāyodhātu
C: supporting the coexisting material phenomena in the same kalāpa
F: movement in the other material phenomena (pushing)
M: propulsion; the cause for the successive arising of other rūpa kalāpas in locations nearby, thereby creating the appearance of movement or change
P: the other three primary elements in the same kalāpa (earth, water, and fire)
5. Eye-sensitive element—cakkhupasāda
C: the sensitivity of primary elements in the same kalāpa that is ready for the impact of visible data brought through the impingement of an object; or the sensitivity of primary elements in the same kalāpa produced by kamma and springing from craving to see
F: to pull the mind to a visible object
M: as the base for eye-consciousness and mental factors associated with it
P: the primary elements in the same kalāpa produced by kamma, springing from craving to see
6. Ear-sensitive element—sotapasāda
C: the sensitivity of primary elements in the same kalāpa that is ready for the impact of sounds; or the sensitivity of primary elements in the same kalāpa produced by kamma and springing from craving to hear
F: to pull the mind to sounds
M: as the base of ear-consciousness and mental factors associated with it
P: the primary elements in the same kalāpa produced by kamma and springing from craving to hear
7. Nose-sensitive element—ghānapasāda
C: the sensitivity of primary elements in the same kalāpa that is ready for the impact of odors; or the sensitivity of primary elements in the same kalāpa produced by kamma and springing from craving to smell
F: to pull the mind to the odors
M: as the base of nose-consciousness and mental factors associated with it
P: primary elements in the same kalāpa produced by kamma and springing from craving to smell
8. Tongue-sensitive element—jivhāpasāda
C: the sensitivity of primary elements in the same kalāpa that is ready for the impact of flavors; or the sensitivity of primary elements in the same kalāpa produced by kamma and springing from craving to taste
F: to pull the mind to the flavors
M: as the base of tongue-consciousness and mental factors associated with it
P: primary elements in the same kalāpa produced by kamma and springing from craving to taste
9. Body-sensitive element—kāyapasāda
C: the sensitivity of primary elements in the same kalāpa that is ready for the impact of tangible data; or the sensitivity of primary elements in the same kalāpa produced by kamma and springing from craving to touch
F: to pull the mind to the tangible object
M: as the base of body-consciousness and mental factors associated with it
P: primary elements in the same kalāpa produced by kamma and springing from craving to touch
10. Color, visible data, visible object—vaṇṇa
C: impinging on the eye-sensitive element
F: to be the object of eye-consciousness and mental factors associated with it
M: as the resort of eye-consciousness and mental factors associated with it
P: the four primary elements in the same kalāpa
11. Sound—sadda
C: impinging on the ear-sensitive element
F: to be the object of ear-consciousness and mental factors associated with it
M: as the resort of ear-consciousness
P: the four primary elements in the same kalāpa
12. Odor—gandha
C: impinging on the nose-sensitive element
F: to be the object of nose-consciousness and mental factors associated with it
M: as the resort of nose-consciousness
P: the four primary elements in the same kalāpa
13. Flavor—rasa
C: impinging on the tongue-sensitive element
F: to be the object of tongue-consciousness and mental factors associated with it
M: as the resort of tongue-consciousness
P: the four primary elements in the same kalāpa
14. Femininity faculty—itthibhāva indriya
C: the female sex
F: to show that “this is female”
M: as the marks, signs, features, and ways of the female
P: the four primary elements in the same kalāpa
15. Masculinity faculty—purisabhāva indriya
C: the male sex
F: to show that “this is a male”
M: as the marks, signs, features, and ways of the male
P: the four primary elements in the same kalāpa
16. Life faculty—jīvitindriya
C: maintaining the material phenomena in the same kalāpa at the moment of their presence
F: to make the associated materialities occur from arising until passing away
M: establishing of their presence
P: the four primary elements that are maintained in the same kalāpa
17. Heart materiality—hadayarūpa
C: being the material support for mind-consciousness
F: to be the base for mind-consciousness
M: carrying the elements associated with the heart decad kalāpa
P: the four primary elements in the same kalāpa
18. Nutriment materiality—ojārūpa
C: nutritive essence; the nutritional substance contained in gross edible food
F: to sustain the physical body and nourish matter
M: as the fortifying of the body
P: gross edible food
TEN UNREAL OR NONCONCRETE MATERIALITIES
19. Space element—ākāsadhātu
C: delimiting matter
F: to display the boundaries of material kalāpas
M: as the border of material kalāpas; or as gaps and apertures
P: the materi
al kalāpas delimited
20. Bodily intimation—kāyaviññatti
C: the mode and alteration in the mind-produced wind element of the four primary elements that causes the occurrence of moving forward, moving backward, reaching, bending, wiggling, etc.; bodily intimation (as a mode of the wind element) is a condition for the stiffening, upholding, and moving of the material body
F: to display intention
M: as the cause of bodily excitement or movement
P: the mind-produced wind element
Note: For example, walking forward displays the intention of traveling in a forward direction, pointing of a finger displays a directional intention, nodding of the head displays an affirmative response.
21. Verbal intimation—vacāviññatti
C: the mode and alteration in the mind-produced earth element that causes speech utterances; the knocking together of matter in the vocal apparatus
F: to display intention
M: as the cause of vocalization and verbal expression
P: the mind-produced earth element
22. Lightness—lahutā
C: nonsluggishness of real materiality that is produced by mind, temperature, or nutritive essence
F: to dispel heaviness of those three types of materiality
M: as lightness and transformability
P: those three types of light materiality
23. Malleability—mudutā
C: nonrigidity of real materiality produced by mind, temperature, or nutritive essence; pliancy
F: to dispel stiffness or rigidity of those three types of materiality
M: as nonresistance to action
P: those three types of malleable materiality
24. Workability—kammaññatā
C: wieldiness of real materiality produced by mind, temperature, and nutritive essence; conducive to bodily action
F: to dispel unwieldiness
M: as nonweakness of materiality
P: those three types of wieldy materiality
25. Production of real materiality—rūpassa upacaya
C: setting up, emerging, or growth of matter such as in the first stage of fetal formation until the physical faculties are developed
F: to make matter emerge in the first instance or for the first time
M: as launching; or as the completed state of the real materiality
P: produced materiality
26. Continuity of real materiality—rūpassa santati
C: occurrence beginning from the developed state of the faculties
F: to anchor
M: as noninterruption
P: materiality that is to be anchored
27. Aging of real materiality—rūpassa jaratā
C: the maturing, aging, or ripening of material phenomena
F: to lead matter toward its termination
M: as destruction and fall; as loss of newness without loss of being
P: materiality that is maturing, decaying, or ripening
28. Impermanence of real materiality—rūpassa aniccatā
C: complete breaking up of material phenomena
F: to make materialities subside
M: as destruction and falling away
P: materiality that is completely breaking up
TABLE 16.2
Characteristic, Function, Manifestation, and Proximate Causes of the Consciousness Aggregate256
Key:
C = characteristic
F = function
M = manifestation
P = proximate cause
1. Consciousness—viññāṇacitta
C: the knowing or cognizing of an object
F: to be the “forerunner” of the mental factors because it presides over them and is always accompanied by them
M: as a continuity of processes
P: associated materiality and mental factors which are the object for consciousness
2. Rebirth-linking consciousness—paṭisandhicitta
C: cognizing the object which might be kamma, kamma sign, or rebirth sign
F: to link the processes of two lives or existences
M: as a continuity of two existences
P: associated materiality and mental factors which are the object for consciousness
3. Life-continuum consciousness—bhavaṅgacitta
C: cognizing its object which might be kamma, kamma sign, or rebirth sign
F: noninterruption of flow of consciousness
M: as a continuity in the flow of consciousness
P: associated materiality and mental factors which are the object for consciousness
4. Five-door adverting consciousness—pañcadvārāvajjana
C: being the forerunner of eye-, ear-, nose-, tongue-, and body-consciousness; cognizing the occurrence of sensory data such as color, sound, odor, flavor, tactile impressions, and mental phenomena
F: to advert
M: as confrontation of sensory data
P: the interruption of life-continuum consciousness
5. Eye-consciousness—cakkhuviññāṇa
C: being supported by the eye and cognizing visible data
F: to have only visible data as its object
M: as occupation with visible data
P: the cessation of adverting consciousness that has visible data as its object
6. Ear-consciousness—sotaviññāṇa
C: being supported by the ear and cognizing sound
F: to have only sound as its object
M: as occupation with sounds
P: the cessation of adverting consciousness that has sound as its object
7. Nose-consciousness—ghānaviññāṇa
C: being supported by the nose and cognizing odor
F: to have only odor as its object
M: as occupation with odors
P: the cessation of adverting consciousness that has odor as its object
8. Tongue-consciousness—jivhāviññāṇa
C: being supported by the tongue and cognizing taste
F: to have only flavor as its object
M: as occupation with flavors
P: the cessation of adverting consciousness that has flavor as its object
9. Body-consciousness—kāyaviññāṇa
C: being supported by the body and cognizing touch
F: to have only sensations as its objects
M: as occupation with bodily sensations
P: the cessation of adverting consciousness that has tangibles as its object
10. Receiving consciousness—sampaṭicchanacitta
C: cognizing visible data, sound, smell, taste, and touch immediately following the respective sense consciousness
F: to receive sensory data
M: as the state of receiving the sensory data
P: the cessation of the previous moment of eye-, ear-, nose-, tongue-, or body- consciousnesses
11. Investigating consciousness—santīraṇācitta
C: the cognizing of the six sense objects
F: to investigate the six sense objects
M: as the state of investigation
P: the heart base
12. Determining consciousness—voṭṭhabbanacitta
C: cognizing of sense data
F: to determine or define the object that has been cognized by sense consciousness
M: as the state of determining or discriminating sense data
P: the cessation of the preceding investigation consciousness
13. Wholesome or unwholesome impulsion consciousness—kusala or akusala javanacitta
C: the presence or absence of fault
F: as the property of purity or impurity in the experience of sense data
M: as wholesome or unwholesome, profitable or unprofitable; productive of desirable or undesirable effects
P: wise or unwise attention
14. Registration consciousness—tadārammaṇacitta
C: cognizing of the six sense objects
F: to take as objec
t what has been apprehended by the preceding impulsion consciousness
M: as the state of registration of that sense data
P: cessation of impulsion consciousness
15. Mind-door adverting consciousness—manodvārāvajjana
C: cognizing sensory data
F: to advert attention at the mind door
M: as the state of adverting
P: cessation of the preceding life-continuum consciousness
16. Death consciousness—cuticitta
C: cognizing its object which may be kamma, kamma sign, or rebirth sign
F: shifting
M: as the state corresponding to the shift
P: the cessation of the previous consciousness, which may be an impulsion, registration, or life-continuum consciousness
TABLE 16.3
Characteristic, Function, Manifestation, and Proximate Causes of the Feeling Aggregate
Key:
C = characteristic
F = function
M = manifestation
P = proximate cause
1. Pleasure associated with body-consciousness—sukha
C: experiencing desirable sensory data; pleasure being felt
F: to intensify or relish the associated mental states
M: as bodily enjoyment
P: the body faculty
2. Pain associated with body-consciousness—dukkha
C: experiencing undesirable sensory data; pain being felt
F: to wither the associated mental states
M: as bodily affliction
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