Yogācāra- and Abhidharma-knowledgeable friends: is there any good discussion of *why* sparśa, manaskāra, vedanā, saṃjñā, & cetanā are universally present? There’s probably either something in the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya, or only something by Sthiramati that’s untranslated...
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Replying to @NeuroYogacara @bsod_nams
Interesting question. I don’t have a textual reference. I have a guess: if the Yogacara account is an error theory of how the world seems when we are not Buddhas, then these are par for the course.
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Replying to @S__Ranganathan @bsod_nams
Bikkhu Bodhi says this about the 7 universal factors in Theravada Abhidharma (I’m not sure that it helps me
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I can tell a semi-plausible story: at every point where I have an experience something impinges on the mind, triggering a feeling, which is rapidly categorized, evoking an intentional state, which shapes attention...rinse & repeat in the next kṣaṇa. But why only these 5?!
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Because the Buddha said so (even if he didn't).
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