Atthuddhārakaṇda

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 884

[884] Which phenomena (dhammā) are accompanied by rapture (pīti)? By way of the sense-sphere (kāmāvacara) wholesome: the four arisings of mind (cittuppāda) accompanied by joy (somanassa); by way of the unwholesome: four; by way of the result (vipāka) of the sense-sphere wholesome: five; by way of the functional (kiriyā): five; the form-sphere (rūpāvacara) jhānas — the two [of the fourfold method] and the three [of the fivefold method] — by way of the wholesome, the result, and the functional; and the supramundane (lokuttara) jhānas — the two and the three — by way of the wholesome and the result — setting aside the rapture arisen therein, these phenomena are accompanied by rapture. Which phenomena are accompanied by pleasure (sukha)? By way of the sense-sphere wholesome: the four arisings of mind accompanied by joy; by way of the unwholesome: four; by way of the result of the sense-sphere wholesome: six; by way of the functional: five; the form-sphere jhānas — the three [of the fourfold method] and the four [of the fivefold method] — by way of the wholesome, the result, and the functional; and the supramundane jhānas — the three and the four — by way of the wholesome and the result — setting aside the pleasure arisen therein, these phenomena are accompanied by pleasure. Which phenomena are accompanied by equanimity (upekkhā)? By way of the sense-sphere wholesome: the four arisings of mind accompanied by equanimity; by way of the unwholesome: six; by way of the result of the sense-sphere wholesome: ten; by way of the result of the unwholesome: six; by way of the functional: six; the form-sphere fourth jhāna by way of the wholesome, the result, and the functional; the four formless states (āruppa) by way of the wholesome, the result, and the functional; and the supramundane fourth jhāna by way of the wholesome and the result — setting aside the equanimity arisen therein, these phenomena are accompanied by equanimity. Rapture is not accompanied by rapture; it is accompanied by pleasure; it is not accompanied by equanimity. Pleasure is not accompanied by pleasure; sometimes it is accompanied by rapture; it is not accompanied by equanimity; sometimes it cannot be said to be accompanied by rapture. The two arisings of mind accompanied by grief (domanassa), body-consciousness (kāyaviññāṇa) accompanied by pain (dukkha), the feeling (vedanā) that is equanimity, form (rūpa), and Nibbāna — these phenomena cannot be said to be either accompanied by rapture, or accompanied by pleasure, or accompanied by equanimity.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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