Cetasikas
 

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  By Nina van Gorkom
1999 
 
Contents
Preface 
Introduction   
 
Part I: The Universals
Chapter 1 
Contact (phassa) 
Chapter 2  
Feeling (vedana) 
Chapter 3 
Perception (sanna) 
Chapter 4 
Volition (cetana) 
Chapter 5 
Volition in the Cycle of Birth and Death 
Chapter 6 
Concentration (ekaggata) 
Chapter 7 
Vitality (jivitindriya) and Attention (manasikara) 
 
Part II: The Particulars (Pakinnaka)
Chapter 8  
Applied thinking (vitakka), sustained thinking (vicara) 
Chapter 9  
Determination (adhimokkha) and Energy (viriya) 
Chapter 10  
Right Effort of the eighfold Path 
Chapter 11 
Enthusiasm (piti) 
Chapter 12 
Zeal (chanda) 
 
 
 
Part III: Akusala Cetasikas
Chapter 13 
Introduction 
Chapter 14 
Ignorance, Shamelessness, Recklessness and Restlessness 
Chapter 15 
Attachment (lobha) 
Chapter 16 
Wrong View (ditthi) 
Chapter 17 
Conceit (mana) 
Chapter 18 
Aversion (dosa) 
Chapter 19 
Envy (issa), Stinginess (macchariya), Regret (kukkucca) 
Chapter 20 
Sloth (thina), Tropor (middha) and Doubt (vicikiccha) 
Chapter 21 
Different Groups of Defilements Part I 
Chapter 22 
Different Groups of Defilements Part II 
Chapter 23 
Different Groups of Defilements Part III 
 
 
 
Part IV: Beautiful Cetasikas (Sobhana cetasikas)
Chapter 24 
Introduction 
Chapter 25 
Confidence (saddha) 
Chapter 26 
Mindfulness (sati) 
Chapter 27 
Moral Shame and Fear of Blame (hiri and ottappa) 
Chapter 28  
Non-Attachment (alobha) 
Chapter 29 
Non-Aversion (adosa) 
Chapter 30 
Equanimity (tatramajjhattata) 
Chapter 31 
Six Pairs of Beautiful Cetasikas 
tranquillity of body, kaya-passaddhi
tranquillity of mind, citta-passaddhi
lightness of cetasikas, kaya-lahuta
Iightness of citta, citta-lahuta
pliancy of cetasikas, kaya-muduta
pliancy of citta, citta-muduta
wieldiness of cetasikas, kaya-kammannata
wieldiness of citta, citta-kammannata
proficiency of cetasikas, kaya-pagunnata
proficiency of citta, citta-pagunnata
uprightness of cetasika kaya-ujukata
uprightness of citta, citta-ujukata
Chapter 32 
The Three Abstinences (virati-cetasikas) 
abstinence from wrong speech, vaci-duccarita virati
abstinence from wrong action, kava-duccarita virati
abstinence from wrong livelihood ajiva-duccarita virati
Chapter 33 
Compassion (karuna) and Sympathetic Joy (mudita) 
Chapter 34 
Understanding (panna) 
Chapter 35 
The Stages of Insight  
Chapter 36 
Wholesome Deeds 
Appendix 1 
Appendix to Chapter 2, Feelings 
Appendix 2 
Appendix to Chapter 5 
Appendix 3 
Appendix to Chapter 8 
Appendix 4 
Appendix to Chapter 9 
Appendix 5 
Appendix to Chapter 11 
Appendix 6 
Appendix to Chapter 12  
Appendix 7 
Appendix to Chapter 20 
Summary of Akusala Cetasikas
Appendix 8 
Appendix to Chapter 31 
Nineteen Sobhana Cetasikas which accompany 
each Sobhana Citta:
Six Sobhana Cetasikas which do not accompany 
each Sobhana Citta:
Appendix 9 
The Stages of lnsight 
Three stages of "tender insight" (taruna vipassana) 
 
Glossary 
 
 
September 25, 2003