Mahayana Abhidharma tradition Mental factors (Buddhism)

1 mahayana abhidharma tradition

1.1 5 universal mental factors
1.2 5 object-determining mental factors
1.3 eleven virtuous mental factors
1.4 6 root unwholesome factors
1.5 twenty secondary unwholesome factors
1.6 4 changeable mental factors

mahayana abhidharma tradition

abhidharma studies in mahayana tradition based on sanskrit sarvāstivāda abhidharma system. within system, abhidharma-samuccaya identifies fifty-one mental factors:

five universal mental factors

the 5 universal mental factors (sarvatraga) are:

these 5 mental factors referred universal or omnipresent because operate in wake of every mind situation. if 1 of these factors missing, experience of object incomplete. example:

if there no sparśa (contact), there no basis perception.
if there no vedana (feeling, sensation), there no relishing of object.
if there no saṃjñā (perception), specific characteristic of object not perceived.
if there no cetanā (volition), there no movement towards , settling on object.
if there no manasikara (attention), there not holding onto object.

five object-determining mental factors

the 5 object-determining mental factors (viṣayaniyata) are:

the 5 factors referred object-determining because these factors each grasp specification of object. when steady, there certainty concerning each object.

eleven virtuous mental factors

the eleven virtuous (kuśala) mental factors are:

six root unwholesome factors

the 6 root unwholesome factors (mūlakleśa) are:

twenty secondary unwholesome factors

the twenty secondary unwholesome factors (upakleśa) are:

four changeable mental factors

the 4 changeable mental factors (aniyata) are:

^ guenther (1975), kindle location 409-414.
^ guenther (1975), kindle location 487-488.