Moha - Two types of citta rooted in moha
When we study the Abhidhamma we learn that moha arises with all
akusala cittas. Lobha-mūla-cittas have moha and lobha as roots; dosa-mūla
-cittas have moha and dosa as roots. There are two types of akusala citta
which have moha as their only root, these are moha-mūla-cittas. One
type of moha-mūla-citta is moha-mūla-citta accompanied by doubt (in
Pāli: vicikiccha), and one type is moha-mūla-citta accompanied by
restlessness (in Pāli: uddhacca). The feeling which accompanies moha-
mūla-cittas is always indifferent feeling (upekkhā). When the citta is moha-
mūla-citta there is no like or dislike; one does not have pleasant or unpleasant
feeling. Both types of moha-mūla-citta are unprompted (asankhārika).
The characteristic of moha should not be confused with the characteristic of
ditthi (wrong view), which only arises with lobha-mūla-citta. When ditthi
arises one takes, for example, what is impermanent for permanent, or one
believes that there is a self. Moha is not wrong view, but it is ignorance of
realities. Moha conditions ditthi, but the characteristic of moha is different
from the characteristic of ditthi.
The two types of moha-mūla-citta are:
1. Arising with indifferent feeling, accompanied by doubt
(Upekkhā-sahagatam., vicikicchā-sampayuttam)
2. Arising with indifferent feeling, accompanied by restlessness
(Upekkhā-sahagatam, uddhacca- sampayuttam)
Topic ID 180
Update
23 Jul 2012
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- Function of Javana
- Functions of Citta in the Sense-Door Process and in the Mind-Door Process
- Function of Bhavanga
- Different Types of Patisandhi-citta
- The First Citta in Life
- Ahetuka Cittas which are Unknown in Daily Life
- Ahetuka Cittas
- The Characteristic of Dosa
- Different Degrees of Lobha
- The Characteristic of Lobha