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A passage for editorial review. AUTHOR: DE SILVA, C. L. A. TITLE: A TREATISE ON BUDDHIST PHILOSOPI I PLACE: COLOMBO DATE: 1937 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT Master Negative # BIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET Original Material as Filmed - Existing Bibliographic Record Sutler library or PHiLOSOPrtr D090 D4G De Silva, C L A , A treatise on Buddhist philosophy or Abidhamma,! by Dr. C. L. A. De Silva... Revised by the Vener- able Narada Thero . . . Printed at the Carlton printing works, Kotahena Mills, Colombo, Ceylon, 1937- v,\ port- 22 . Contents. — v .1 , Consciousness, mental proper- ties and particular conccmitants in conscious- ness • — Restrictions on Use: ;>'.>() (J 7 ^ TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA REDUCTION RATIO: FILM SIZE: ^IJT^^ IMAGE PLACEMENT: IACJiS^, IB IIB DATE FILMED: :.;/:^//>^_ INITIALS__::z2M HLMEDBY: RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS, INC VVOODDRIDGE. CT // -r t,^ S^. o. c Association for Information and Image Management 1 1 00 Wayne Avenue. 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All Rights Reserved, PRINTED AT THE CARLTON PRINTING WORKS, KOTaHENA mills, COLOMBO, CEYLON. 2481 1937 ci^ 3ut '-■/,''>-/: w v.. _ _ 343/5" ly y jBtntri- iVi ^oH4H (■ I ( This Book is Dedicated TO The Memory OF My Aunt Mrs. a. E. De Silva (snr.) I VOLUMES TO BE PUBLISHED. Volume II comprising of Parts IV, V and VI will be in print at an early date. Part IV deals with Process of Cognition, vehicles in thought-procedure. Processes of sente- cognition, procedure by way of the mind-door, vibration and arrest of the life-continuum with illustration, how thought processes arise, the nature of retention and life-continuum, the origination of states of consciousness, classes of apper- ceptions and retention with 26 diagrams and several illustrations, ecstatic apperceptional procedure, t^^pes of ecstasies, retention, the law of apperception, the Twin Miracle, kinds of individuals and processes of thought regarding them and planes of conscious existence. Part V consists of a description of consciousness free from process. Four planes of life, four-fold rebirth, four Kammas and four-fold advent of death are detailed here. w. Part VI deals with matter and NiblSna. In the latter, the salient marks of Nihbana, the two-fold Nibbana, the three-fold modes of Nibbana, the three-fold views, the three- fold method of ascertaining Niblana, the three distinct characteristics of Nibbana, where and what attains Nibbana are described. Volume III consists of Parts VII, VllI and ]X. Categories of Evil, mixed, of what pertains to Enlightenment and of the whole are described in Part VII. Dependent Origination and system of correlation are detailed in Part VIII and exercises in Calm and Insight in Part IX. ' r I CONTENTS. Preface Introduction . . 1. Contemplation of the Abhidhamma Pitaka 2. Preaching of Abhidhamma to the Devas 3. Preaching of Abhidhamma in the World of Men . . 4. Introduction of Abhidhamma to Ceylon, introduction of Abhidhamma to Damba- diva from Ceylon, resurrection of Abhi- dhamma in Ceylon 5. Contents and Abhidhamma Matika 6. Abhidhammattha Sangaha and Vibhavini Tika 7. Symbols showing pronunciation of words Introductory PART I Chapter I. Planbs of Consciousness 1. Summary of classes of Consciousness 2 Types of Immoral Consciousness 3. Causes of Joy and Indifference . . 4. Causes of Error, Causes of Automatic Consciousness, how classes 1 and 2 arise, how classes 3 and 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, arise 6. How classes 9 and 10 arise, number of states of Consciousness incalculable 6. The doors causing the three Types Chapter II. Page • • • 1-10 4 5 11- 7 8 9 10 13 14 — 21 14 16 18 19 20 21 Consciousness without Hetus . . • • 22—28 1. Consciousness resulting from good done in former births . • • • 24 .) 2. 3. Variation of feeling according to individual Turning to impressions at the fivo-doors, Mind-door Consciousness and Genesis of aesthetic pleasure 4. Laugliter Chaptek III. The Great Types of Moral Consciousness 1. Causes of Joy in Moral Consciousness, Causes of Knowledge in Moral Con- sciousness Automatic Moral Consciousness, factors causing different classes Automatic and Volitional Consciousness Classes of resultant Consciousness, factors associated with the classes and their causes Ineffective classes of Consciousness 2. 3. 4. 5. Chapter IV. Chapter V. Consciousness as Experienced in Arupaloka 1 Classes of Consciousness as Experienced in Arupaloka 2. Jhana concerned with the Arupaloka . . 3. 2nd Jhaua, and 3rd Jhana 4. 4th Jhana 5. Resultant Consciousness of each of the four objects of thought and ineffective Consciousness of each of the four objects of thoughts Page 24 26 27 29-36 30 31 32 33 35 Consciousness as Experienced in Eupaloka 37- 1. Moral Consciousness . . . , 2 How Jhana can be developed . . 3 Five Habits 4. Resultant Consciousness 5. Rebirth in realms of Brahrnaloka . . 6. Ineffective Consciousness in Brahrnaloka 42 37 38 39 40 41 42 43—49 43 44 45 46 47 6. The Eight Ecstasies and supernormal knowledge 7. Excercises suitable for developing 5th Jhana and people capable of developing 5th Jhana Chapter VI. Transcendental Consciousness 1. Consciousness belonging to the 1st Path 2. Consciousness belonging to the 2nd Path 3 Consciousness belonging to the 3rd and 4th Paths 4. Consciousness belonging to the fruition of the Four Paths, and resultant conscious- ness of the 1st Path 5. Resultant Consciousness of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Paths 6. Functions of the Four Paths . . 7. Summary of classes of Consciousness . . 8. Transcendental Consciousness becoming forty and three ways of counting trans- cendental Consciousness 9. Differentiation of classes according to Jhana factors PART II. Chapter VII. Mental Properties 1. Mental properties common to all classes 2. The four characteristics of Mental Proper- ties . . 3. Reasons for calling them Cetasika or Mental Properties 4. Mental Properties called Particu ar and immoral Mental Properties , . 0. Mental Properties common to all that is beautiful 6. The three Abstinences, the Illimitables and reason Page 48 50— 49 60 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 61- 68 61 62 63 65 66 67 Chapter VIII. 1. Comparison of Mental Properties with drugs 2. Mental Properties common to all classes of Consciousness 3. Feeling and perception 4. Volition and one-pointedness . . 6. Psychic life, attention Chapter IX. Particular Mental Properties . . 1. Initial application 2. Sustained application and deciding 3. Effort and pleasurable interest 4. Conation cr desire-to-do 5. Anna Samana. either one or the other, and classes of mental properties and their distribution 6. How mental properties are distributed In what way ? . . • • Chapter X. Immoral Concomitants . . 1. Dulness or Delusion 2. Impudence, recklessness of and distraction 3. Greed and error 4. Conceit 5. Hate 6. Envy, Selfishness and Worry 7. Sloth and Torpor . . Page 69 70 71 73 74 75 82 75 76 77 78 79 80 consequences 8.