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Why insight does not instantly change behaviour: an Abhidhamma account of knowing and not doing
I read the threads here about whether knowing what is right necessarily moves you, and I would like to add the account I have lived with for twelve years in robes. In the Pali discourses, the Buddha says that intention, cetanā, is…
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Can trained meditative introspection count as evidence? Abhidhamma and William James
I am a Theravada nun in Kandy. My study is the Abhidhamma, the systematic part of our canon that analyses experience into momentary mental events and their factors. In the classical Theravada scheme there are fifty-two mental factors (cetasika), seven of which…
Started by Ayya Kusalañāṇī4 replies183 views