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| How do the ten latent tendencies function? original: "dāśānamanuśayānāṃ kathaṃ pravṛttiḥ" | 828 |
| A latent tendency arises through three specific causes | 829 |
| The ten latent tendencies themselves as the three "outflows" term: "āsrava" — outflows; mental pollutants that "leak" or "flow" out of the senses, binding the mind to worldly existence. | 830 |
| The four "floods" term: "ogha" — a metaphor for the overwhelming force of passions that sweep a person away into the cycle of rebirth. | 832 |
| The four "graspings" term: "upādāna" — the act of clinging to sensory pleasure, views, rituals, or the notion of a "self." | 833 |
| The definition and meaning of the word "latent tendency" original: "anuśaya" | 833 |
| The definition and meaning of the word "outflow" original: "āsrava" | 834 |
| The five-fold classification of latent tendencies, such as "fetters" and other divisions | 836 |
| The nine "fetters" term: "saṃyojana" — psychological chains that bind a person to the cycle of suffering. | 836 |
| The three "bonds" term: "bandhana" | 842 |
| Latent tendencies mentioned previously | 843 |
| Primary afflictions and secondary afflictions term: "kleśa" and "upakleśa" — "Kleśas" are the main roots of suffering like greed or hatred, while "upakleśas" are the smaller, derivative states like resentment or deceit. | 843 |
| The ten "envelopments" term: "paryavasthāna" — active states of mind that wrap around or overwhelm the heart, such as envy or drowsiness. | 844 |
| How many latent tendencies belong to the mental level? | |
| How many belong to the six bodies of consciousness? | 848 |
| Which of the five sense faculties (such as pleasure) | |
| is associated with which primary affliction | |
| or secondary affliction? | 848 |
| The association of afflictions with the sense faculties | 848 |
| The association of secondary afflictions with the sense faculties | 850 |
| The methods for abandoning latent tendencies | 854 |
| How many types of "remedies" or "antidotes" are there? original: "pratipakṣa" | 855 |
| From what state or basis must an affliction being abandoned | |
| be removed? | 856 |
| How many types of "remoteness" are there? note: This refers to how far a practitioner is from the goal or how far an affliction is from being active. | 858 |
| Does the method of abandoning afflictions change | |
| when proceeding through specific spiritual paths? | 859 |
| The two types of thorough knowledge | 861 |
| The nine types of thorough knowledge term: "parijñā" — a high level of understanding that results in the complete abandonment of specific mental stains. | 862 |
| Why is each individual act of abandonment not established | |
| as its own "thorough knowledge"? | 865 |
| Who is endowed with how many types | |
| of thorough knowledge? | 866 |
| Who loses or acquires how many types | |
| of thorough knowledge? | 869 |
This chapter shifts from analyzing the problem (suffering and its causes) to the solution: the Path (mārga) and the different types of spiritual seekers (pudgala) who walk it.
| The two types of the Path of Meditation original: "bhāvanāmārga" | 871 |
| The Four Truths term: "āryasatya" — The Four Noble Truths: suffering, its cause, its cessation, and the path. | 872 |
| The reason for the specific order of their realization | 873 |
| The definition and meaning of the word "realization" term: "abhisamaya" — the moment of direct, intuitive breakthrough into the Truths. | 874 |
| All conditioned things that have outflows are suffering | 875 |
| The means or methods for seeing the Truths | 891 |
| The defining characteristics of various types of wisdom | 891 |
| What was shown by the Blessed One note: "The Blessed One" (Bhagavan) refers to the Buddha. | |
| through the four Noble Truths? | 894 |
| The two types of meditation | 894 |
| Characteristics of the meditation on the "unpleasant" or "foul" note: A practice of contemplating the body's impurity to counteract lust. | 895 |
| Characteristics of the mindfulness of breathing term: "ānāpānasmṛti" | 898 |
| And its six-fold division | 899 |
| The foundation of mindfulness regarding intrinsic nature | 903 |
| Realizing the body and other foundations in their entirety, | |
| one sees them through four aspects | 907 |