# Abhidhamma **URL:** https://classicaltheravada.org/c/abhidhamma/15.md?page=1 [Latest](https://classicaltheravada.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://classicaltheravada.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://classicaltheravada.org/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Realities and Concepts](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/realities-and-concepts/135)
**Author:** [@RobertK](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/RobertK)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2026, 1:48am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/realities-and-concepts/135 "2026-03-21T01:48:10Z")
This topic can be used to help understand the difference between realities and concepts according to Theravada doctrine. This first post is a discussion I had some time back. Concepts can be classified in many ways (see… --- ## [The Burmese love for Abhidhamma](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/the-burmese-love-for-abhidhamma/1790)
**Author:** [@renaldo](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/renaldo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2026, 5:04am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/the-burmese-love-for-abhidhamma/1790 "2026-03-06T05:04:29Z")
It’s long been known that the Burmese have a deep reverence for the Abhidhamma, as the following citation shows: There is a folk tale told by the Burmese that captures their predilection for the Abhidhamma. It is said … --- ## [A few new terms](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/a-few-new-terms/2178)
**Author:** [@renaldo](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/renaldo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/a-few-new-terms/2178 "2026-02-06T00:59:25Z")
For future reference, here are a few terms and their definitions that I have developed, which might be helpful in the future: Abhidhammaphilia (the love of/attraction to the Abhidhamma) Abhidhammaphobia (the fear of/av… --- ## [Abhidhamma and Sariputta](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/abhidhamma-and-sariputta/2167)
**Author:** [@RobertK](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/RobertK)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2026, 4:55am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/abhidhamma-and-sariputta/2167 "2026-01-31T04:55:06Z")
Abhidhamma The following extract is taken from The Expositor (Atthasālinī), which is the primary commentary on the Dhammasaṅgaṇī (the first book of the Abhidhamma). It describes the lineage of the Abhidhamma and the piv… --- ## [No object.......](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/no-object/2119)
**Author:** [@Mrunal\_Mhatre1](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/Mrunal_Mhatre1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/no-object/2119 "2025-11-25T01:18:38Z")
Is it possible to see this world and don’t take people or person as a object. When we see them we don’t see as. Men women, wealth poor, attractive non attractive..is there way??? --- ## [Reforming the Sasana of the Buddha?](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/reforming-the-sasana-of-the-buddha/2113)
**Author:** [@RobertK](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/RobertK)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/reforming-the-sasana-of-the-buddha/2113 "2025-11-02T01:37:36Z")
Points of Controversy (Katthavathu) BOOK XXI. Of our Religion. Controverted Point.—That our religion is (has been and may again be) reformed. 1 From the Commentary.—Because after the three Councils at which the d… --- ## [Abhidhamma followers are conceited?](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/abhidhamma-followers-are-conceited/2103)
**Author:** [@RobertK](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/RobertK)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/abhidhamma-followers-are-conceited/2103 "2025-10-28T03:10:53Z")
Someone thought those who know Abhidhamma get conceited. Like any rigorous subject – those who gain some proficiency, no matter how superficial, may have conceit based on that. Still if there is genuine investigation … --- ## [ill trained in the Abhidhamma](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/ill-trained-in-the-abhidhamma/1862)
**Author:** [@HappinessSeeker](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/HappinessSeeker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/ill-trained-in-the-abhidhamma/1862 "2025-10-22T03:39:46Z")
Could you explain this more? What does it mean when one’s mind run to excess in metaphysical abstractions and thinks of the unthinkable? Does it mean we are not supposed to conceptually think of the Abhidhamma too much … --- ## [bhavanga cittas permanent?](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/bhavanga-cittas-permanent/2099)
**Author:** [@RobertK](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/RobertK)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 1:27am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/bhavanga-cittas-permanent/2099 "2025-10-20T01:27:49Z")
I just saw a statement on dhammawheel: what about Bhavanga ? It is from Abhidarma. This is close to permanent consciousness, ever lasting, all pervasive. The writer is correct that Bhavanga cittas are in the Abhidham… --- ## [sense door process](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/sense-door-process/2095)
**Author:** [@RobertK](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/RobertK)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 8:41am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/sense-door-process/2095 "2025-10-17T08:41:30Z")
CHAPTER IV COMPENDIUM OF THE COGNITIVE PROCESS (Vīthisangahavibhāga) Bhikkhu Bodhi has a good summary here (number 6 is a mind door process) Guide to #4 The six cognitive processes: The word vīthi literally means … --- ## [Abstract Ideas](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/abstract-ideas/2055)
**Author:** [@Ceisiwr](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/Ceisiwr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/abstract-ideas/2055 "2025-09-17T14:42:24Z")
How does the Abhidhamma view abstract ideas, such as numbers or triangles. If we take the triangle example, it can be argued that a triangle has an essence (sabhāva) which is “to have 3 sides”. I get the sense though tha… --- ## [5 sense consciousness](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/5-sense-consciousness/2054)
**Author:** [@Ceisiwr](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/Ceisiwr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/5-sense-consciousness/2054 "2025-09-14T02:13:14Z")
Is there any perception at the stage of the bare 5 sense consciousness, at initial contact? I’m trying to understand this passage from the Abhidhamma in greater detail The five types of sense consciousness are not cogn… --- ## [Sudden death](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/sudden-death/2043)
**Author:** [@Ceisiwr](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/Ceisiwr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/sudden-death/2043 "2025-09-07T19:12:08Z")
According to the Abhidhamma, what happens when someone suddenly dies. For example, walking down the road and someone shoots you in the head? In that moment the kamma sign etc wouldn’t have time to arise, would it? --- ## [Nibbāna as a real Dhamma](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/nibbana-as-a-real-dhamma/1925)
**Author:** [@renaldo](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/renaldo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/nibbana-as-a-real-dhamma/1925 "2025-08-31T23:29:20Z")
Ācariya Dhammapāla points out: Taking up the last quotation, the commentary to the Visuddhimagga (Paramatthamañjūsā), written by ācariya Dhammapāla (6th century) says: "By these words the Master proclaimed the actual … --- ## [The Beautiful Mind in Meditation?](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/the-beautiful-mind-in-meditation/1934)
**Author:** [@bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/bksubhuti)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/the-beautiful-mind-in-meditation/1934 "2025-07-06T18:04:10Z")
The Beautiful Mind in Meditation? What does it technically mean to have a “beautiful mind” in meditation—beyond vague metaphores or mysticism. Defining the Beautiful Mind When modern teachers describe deep samatha (conc… --- ## [Dhamma emergency](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/dhamma-emergency/1901)
**Author:** [@Mrunal\_Mhatre1](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/Mrunal_Mhatre1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/dhamma-emergency/1901 "2025-06-19T14:48:43Z")
I am reading Abhidhamma in Daily Life by Nina van Gorkom. She mentions that there are two types of human beings: Those with patisandhi citta (rebirth-linking consciousness) of ahetuka kusala vipāka, and Those with sahe… --- ## [Asavas](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/asavas/1852)
**Author:** [@Ceisiwr](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/Ceisiwr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/asavas/1852 "2025-05-14T13:02:09Z")
How does the Abhidhamma classify the asavas? --- ## [The Synchrony of People's Mental Processes and The Problem of Telepathy](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/the-synchrony-of-peoples-mental-processes-and-the-problem-of-telepathy/1007)
**Author:** [@jansen](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/jansen)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/the-synchrony-of-peoples-mental-processes-and-the-problem-of-telepathy/1007 "2025-05-13T15:21:33Z")
Dear Dhamma friends, There is an interesting point that I realized during my studies of Abhidhamma. Let me please share with you my thoughts and invite you to help me understand the issue better. According to the natu… --- ## [Craving and Concepts](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/craving-and-concepts/1845)
**Author:** [@Ceisiwr](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/Ceisiwr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/craving-and-concepts/1845 "2025-05-13T01:32:57Z")
In the Abhidhamma do we crave the sabhāva-dhammas or concepts? For example is it the case, as an unawakened person, I crave colour, sound etc or is it the concept of “a car” I crave? Arahants of course are without cravin… --- ## [Passages from the introductory section (nidāna) of the Kathāvatthu-Aṭṭhakathā](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/passages-from-the-introductory-section-nidana-of-the-kathavatthu-a-hakatha/1804)
**Author:** [@renaldo](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/renaldo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/passages-from-the-introductory-section-nidana-of-the-kathavatthu-a-hakatha/1804 "2025-04-26T19:08:02Z")
Here are some passages from the introductory section (nidāna) of the Kathāvatthu-Aṭṭhakathā, which I translated with the help of Artificial Intelligence: "Then, the elder Mahākassapa and the assembly of monks, togethe… --- ## [Pleasing & Displeasing Forms and the Arahant](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/pleasing-displeasing-forms-and-the-arahant/1836)
**Author:** [@Ceisiwr](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/Ceisiwr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/pleasing-displeasing-forms-and-the-arahant/1836 "2025-05-11T14:37:30Z")
I’m trying to understand from an Abhihdamma point of view how an Arahant can still experience things as pleasing and displeasing. An Arahant no longer craves this or that, but they still experience pleasant contact by wa… --- ## [Summary of the 24 Paccaya](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/summary-of-the-24-paccaya/1832)
**Author:** [@renaldo](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/renaldo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/summary-of-the-24-paccaya/1832 "2025-05-07T16:15:04Z")
The following notes on the 24 paccaya compiled by Thomas Bruhn are very useful for understanding each of the 24 conditions. The Paṭṭhāna (Burmese: ပဌာန ်း, pa htan:). It is part of the Pāli Canon in the Abhidhamma Piṭ… --- ## [Lectures by Sayadaw U Sīlānanda based on Abhidhammattha Sangaha](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/lectures-by-sayadaw-u-silananda-based-on-abhidhammattha-sangaha/1815)
**Author:** [@renaldo](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/renaldo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 6:35am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/lectures-by-sayadaw-u-silananda-based-on-abhidhammattha-sangaha/1815 "2025-05-01T06:35:28Z")
The following are a series of lectures on the Abhidhammattha Sangaha by the Venerable Sayadaw U Sīlānanda: Abhidhamma Lectures - Introduction: https://archive.org/details/01Abhid7 Abhidhamma Lectures - Chapter 1: htt… --- ## [Kamma vipaka & conditionality in 5 sense cognition](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/kamma-vipaka-conditionality-in-5-sense-cognition/1226)
**Author:** [@Citta](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/Citta)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/kamma-vipaka-conditionality-in-5-sense-cognition/1226 "2025-04-23T14:20:59Z")
Eye consciousness is vipāka result of kamma. Also elsewhere in CMA it says: For a cognitive process to occur, all the essential conditions must be present. According to the Commentaries, the essential conditions for e… --- ## [The elements as great deceivers](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/the-elements-as-great-deceivers/1791)
**Author:** [@renaldo](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/renaldo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/the-elements-as-great-deceivers/1791 "2025-04-16T20:25:42Z")
The four great elements are also the great deceivers: The Saṅgaha states: “Matter is twofold, namely: the four great essentials, and material phenomena derived from the four great essentials.”53 The Saṅgaha then lists … --- ## [Space, different kinds of. Where is it in Abhidhamma?](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/space-different-kinds-of-where-is-it-in-abhidhamma/1778)
**Author:** [@Citta](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/Citta)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 2:21am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/space-different-kinds-of-where-is-it-in-abhidhamma/1778 "2025-04-10T02:21:08Z")
I can’t find the definition of other type of space. There is ākāsa-dhātu, but it is defined as space that separates kalapas, or as space between rupas. What about space that allows rūpa or the absence of rūpa to be th… --- ## [Why The Cessation attainment is not for Sotāpannas and Sakadāgāmis?](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/why-the-cessation-attainment-is-not-for-sotapannas-and-sakadagamis/1738)
**Author:** [@bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/bksubhuti)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/why-the-cessation-attainment-is-not-for-sotapannas-and-sakadagamis/1738 "2025-03-24T11:50:18Z")
Copied from Ven Paññadīpa. Why can the Sotāpanna and Sakadāgāmi persons not enter upon the attainment of mental cessation (Nirodhasamāpatti)? Nirodhasamāpatti is based on a pair of the tranquility and insight. The tran… --- ## [Citta without the last moment](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/citta-without-the-last-moment/1599)
**Author:** [@Nikolay\_Gnatyuk](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/Nikolay_Gnatyuk)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/citta-without-the-last-moment/1599 "2024-12-30T18:31:25Z")
Greetings, dear friends. I had a number of debates with a representative of Mahayana. He put forward the following thesis. In their view, the sufficient cause of citta is the preceding moment of citta, and the condition… --- ## [What is the cause of citta?](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/what-is-the-cause-of-citta/1571)
**Author:** [@Nikolay\_Gnatyuk](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/Nikolay_Gnatyuk)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/what-is-the-cause-of-citta/1571 "2024-12-18T11:02:15Z")
Hello everyone. What is the real cause of the chain of moments of citta: the previous moment of citta or the kamma that gives birth to a new chain as a result? --- ## [Can animals create kusala?](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/can-animals-create-kusala/1572)
**Author:** [@Citta](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/Citta)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/can-animals-create-kusala/1572 "2024-12-10T18:35:57Z")
In Abhidhammasangaha chapter IV, at the end it says that those born with rootless citta can experience 8 great wholesome cittas. "However, beings arisen in woeful planes, having a rootless rebirth consciousness, expe… [Previous page](https://classicaltheravada.org/c/abhidhamma/15.md) [Next page](https://classicaltheravada.org/c/abhidhamma/15.md?page=2)