"Javana is a technical term of Abhidhamma usage that is best left untranslated. The literal meaning of the word is running swiftly. As a function of consciousness it applies to the stage of the cognitive process that immediately follows the determining stage, and consists of..."
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"...a series of cittas (normally seven, all identical in kind) which 'run swiftly' over the object in the act of apprehending it. The javana stage is the most important from an ethical standpoint, for it is at this point that wholesome or unwholesome cittas originate."
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Bhikkhu Bodhi, Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma (Ācariya Anuruddha, Abhidhammattha-sangaha)
8:05 AM - 23 Jan 2020
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