Suddhasaṅkhāravāra

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Yamaka (1) · Vol. 38 · Section 1041

[1041] Where the verbal formation (vacīsaṅkhāra) arises, does the mental formation (cittasaṅkhāra) arise there? Yes. Or rather, where the mental formation arises, does the verbal formation arise there? In the second jhāna, in the third jhāna, in the fourth jhāna, the mental formation arises there, but the verbal formation does not arise there. In the first jhāna, in the sense sphere (kāmāvacara), in the form sphere (rūpāvacara), in the formless sphere (arūpāvacara), there both the mental formation arises and the verbal formation arises.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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