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The rules for the simultaneous production of the mind, mental factors, and those dissociated from the mind original: "citta-caittānāṃ viprayuktānāṃ ca sahotpāda-niyamaḥ" 185
Which are the "Universal" mental factors? term: "mahābhūmika" — mental functions present in every moment of consciousness, such as feeling and perception 186
Which are the "Wholesome Universal" factors? 188
Which are the "Defiled Universal" factors? 191
Which are the "Unwholesome Universal" factors? 194
Which are the "Minor Defiled" factors? 194
The "Indeterminate" factors, such as reasoning and others 194
The various distinctions among mental factors as prescribed in the system 201
Conditioned factors dissociated from the mind term: "citta-viprayukta-saṃskāra" — abstract entities that are neither physical matter nor mental awareness, such as time or speed 206
Acquisition and non-acquisition original: "prāpti-aprāpti" 206
Generic homogeneity the quality that makes beings of a certain class similar to one another 226
The state of non-perception 233
The two meditative attainments 234
Vitality or the life-faculty 248
The characteristics of conditioned things 253
What are the "sets of names" and similar categories? 270
What are these causes? term: "hetu" — the six types of primary causes in Buddhist philosophy 276
What, then, is the result? 317
Which phenomena arise from how many causes? 340
What are the conditions? term: "pratyaya" — the four types of auxiliary conditions 341
While conditions are performing their activity, upon which state of phenomena do they act? 346
Which phenomenon arises from how many conditions? 351
Which state of mind arises immediately after another? 356
In which state of mind is there the acquisition of how many factors? 372
What are the realms of Desire, Form, and Formlessness? original: "kāma-rūpa-ārūpyadhātavaḥ" 376
The Realm of Desire 380
The Realm of Form 381
The Formless Realm 383
Why are these called the realms of Desire, Form, and Formlessness? 385
Which phenomena manifest within these three realms? 386
The five destinies term: "gati" — the five realms of rebirth: gods, humans, animals, hungry ghosts, and hell-beings 386
The seven stations of consciousness 393
Furthermore, the four stations of consciousness 398
Their essential nature 398
The four modes of birth e.g., from an egg, from a womb, from moisture, or by miraculous transformation 401
In which destiny are there how many modes of birth? 402
What is this so-called "intermediate existence"? term: "antarābhava" — the state of being between death and the next rebirth 404
What is the form of the intermediate existence for one heading toward a specific destiny? 419
The doctrine of the Self original: "ātmavāda" 432
Dependent Origination term: "pratītyasamutpāda" — the fundamental Buddhist chain of cause and effect 435
The fourfold nature of Dependent Origination 436
Which of these was intended by the Blessed One? referring to the Buddha 450
The nature of the twelve branches of existence 442
The definition of Dependent Origination 453
What is the meaning of "Ignorance"? original: "avidyā" 463
What is the meaning of "Name-and-Form"? original: "nāmarūpa" 467
The six types of contact 468