Publication
Imprint: Onalaska, Washington : Pariyatti Press 2020. Context: Originally published Birmingham Buddhist Vihara, 2007. Edition: First Pariyatti edition. Responsibility: Ven. Dr. Rewata Dhamma. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xi, 186 pages : illustrations (charts) ; 23 cm. Features: Includes appendix, bibliography, glossary, index, notes.
Call number
GT-B-Tv / Dhamm
ISBN
1681723263 / 9781681723266
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CSS Library Notes
Description: Process of Consciousness and Matter is intended for all serious students of the Abhidhamma. It serves as a supplement to A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma, written by Bhikkhu Bodhi and Dr. Rewata Dhamma, and treats various important aspects in more detail in particular, the process of consciousness and matter. Dr. Rewata Dhamma writes in the Introduction:
As human beings our sense consciousnesses, occurring at each of our five sense doors, arise and pass away millions of times each second. It needs to be understood that, because there are several sense doors there is not just one process occurring, there are many. Thus, for example, as we sit in meditation we may be experiencing many processes, such as feeling contact with the ground, and also seeing, hearing and so on. However, the sense consciousnesses themselves are not occurring simultaneously, even though it may seem that they are happening in the same mind moment. They seem to be happening simultaneously only because they follow one after the other at such an incredibly rapid rate. Therefore, I first of all explain that the processes arising at the five sense doors arise in respect of their own different respective objects. I then explain how the sense object consciousness arises at each sense door. With regard to the sixth sense door, the mind, I explain that the mind door process is a purely mental process: for example a present thought may cause a memory to arise. I also explain the subsequent mind door process, which follows the mind door. With regard to this mind door process I also describe the meditation processes and the attainment of the different kinds of absorption. I describe the different types of process such as the supernormal process, the reviewing process, the dying process, the fruition process, the pre-Nibbanic process and the pari-Nibbanic process. These processes are only mentioned very briefly in the Manual. The dying process is closely related to the rebirth process. The Abhidhamma treats them separately and explains how they are linked - after death comes rebirth. It is my hope that many people, particularly in the West, will be interested in this description of the rebirth process.
The final section of the book is concerned with the process of matter. Material phenomena or qualities originate from kamma, consciousness, temperature and nutrition. I explain how these material qualities come together at the time of conception, and continue through life. I also explain what happens at the death moment and afterwards. At the moment of conception the formation of these qualities occurs within 17 mind moments and then immediately new qualities begin to arise and then pass away and so ceaselessly on and on throughout life, until the death moment. -- from publisher
Table of Contents: Consciousness and its factors
Process of consciousness (citta vithi)
Mind-door cognitive process (manodvara vithi)
Absorption javana in the mind-door process (appana javanavara manodvara vithi)
Process of matter
FY2022 /
As human beings our sense consciousnesses, occurring at each of our five sense doors, arise and pass away millions of times each second. It needs to be understood that, because there are several sense doors there is not just one process occurring, there are many. Thus, for example, as we sit in meditation we may be experiencing many processes, such as feeling contact with the ground, and also seeing, hearing and so on. However, the sense consciousnesses themselves are not occurring simultaneously, even though it may seem that they are happening in the same mind moment. They seem to be happening simultaneously only because they follow one after the other at such an incredibly rapid rate. Therefore, I first of all explain that the processes arising at the five sense doors arise in respect of their own different respective objects. I then explain how the sense object consciousness arises at each sense door. With regard to the sixth sense door, the mind, I explain that the mind door process is a purely mental process: for example a present thought may cause a memory to arise. I also explain the subsequent mind door process, which follows the mind door. With regard to this mind door process I also describe the meditation processes and the attainment of the different kinds of absorption. I describe the different types of process such as the supernormal process, the reviewing process, the dying process, the fruition process, the pre-Nibbanic process and the pari-Nibbanic process. These processes are only mentioned very briefly in the Manual. The dying process is closely related to the rebirth process. The Abhidhamma treats them separately and explains how they are linked - after death comes rebirth. It is my hope that many people, particularly in the West, will be interested in this description of the rebirth process.
The final section of the book is concerned with the process of matter. Material phenomena or qualities originate from kamma, consciousness, temperature and nutrition. I explain how these material qualities come together at the time of conception, and continue through life. I also explain what happens at the death moment and afterwards. At the moment of conception the formation of these qualities occurs within 17 mind moments and then immediately new qualities begin to arise and then pass away and so ceaselessly on and on throughout life, until the death moment. -- from publisher
Table of Contents: Consciousness and its factors
Process of consciousness (citta vithi)
Mind-door cognitive process (manodvara vithi)
Absorption javana in the mind-door process (appana javanavara manodvara vithi)
Process of matter
FY2022 /
Physical description
xi, 186 p.; 23 cm
Description
Intended for all serious students of the Abhidhamma, this book compliments other texts on the subject and explains the important aspects of consciousness and matter in a detailed manner. As a whole, the teachings of Abhidamma aid in looking within and around the self in order to obtain a life without boundaries or suffering. Digging deeper into the psychological nature of Abhidhamma, the text breaks down the various types of thought and energy. The chapters include: "Consciousness and Its Factors," "Process of Consciousness," "Mind-Door Cognitive Process," "Absorption Javana in the Mind-Door Process," and "Process of Matter."
Language
Original language
English