IddhipādavibhaṅgaCeriñaiddhibādaanaparakaabavayacittasamādhipadhānasaṅkhāra

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Vibhaṅga · Vol. 35 · Section 513

[513] Therein, what is mind (citta)? That which is mind, mentality (mano), mentation (mānasa), … the corresponding mind-consciousness element (tajjā manoviññāṇadhātu) — this is called mind. Therein, what is concentration (samādhi)? That which is stability of mind (cittassa ṭhiti), … right concentration (sammāsamādhi) — this is called concentration. Therein, what is the volitional formation of striving (padhānasaṅkhāra)? That which is the mental initiation of energy (cetasiko viriyārambho), … right effort (sammāvāyāma) — this is called the volitional formation of striving. Thus with this mind, with this concentration, and with this volitional formation of striving he is endowed, … possessed; therefore it is said: "possessed of mind, concentration, and the volitional formation of striving" (cittasamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgato).

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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