What
are the 12 Detrimental Kinds of Consciousness?
Rooted in Greed (Lobha):
1: Unprompted consciousness joined with joy and
false view.
Example: Greedy & careless one spontaneously enjoys sense
pleasure.
2: Prompted consciousness joined with joy and false view.
Ex:
Greedy & careless one urged by others enjoys sense
pleasure.
3: Unprompted consciousness with
joy, but not with false view.
Ex: Greedy, yet not careless, one spontaneously enjoys
sense pleasure.
4: Prompted consciousness joined
with joy, but not with false view.
Ex: Greedy, though not careless,
one incited enjoys sense
pleasure.
5: Unprompted consciousness with equanimity and false view.
Ex:
Greedy & careless one spontaneously and indifferent
takes pleasure.
6: Prompted consciousness joined with equanimity & false view.
Ex:
Greedy & careless one, urged on, still indifferent
takes pleasure.
7: Unprompted consciousness with
equanimity, but not with false view.
Ex: Greedy, yet not careless, one spontaneously & bored
takes pleasure.
8: Prompted consciousness with
equanimity, but not with false view.
Ex: Greedy, yet not careless, one urged on takes pleasure
indifferently.
The common false view is here:
There is no danger in sense pleasure!
Addicted to sensing beings have
been drawn back into birth & death
billions of times & thus killed by this sense pleasure billions of times!
Therefore is this clinging to sense pleasure as detrimental as
it comes...
Rooted in Hate
(Dosa):
9: Unprompted consciousness joined with sorrow and aversion.
Example:
Angry and frustrated one spontaneously harms or
kills.
10: Prompted consciousness joined with sorrow and aversion.
Example:
Angry and frustrated one, urged on by others, harms or
kills.
Rooted in
Ignorance (Moha):
11: Consciousness joined with
disinterestedness, doubt and uncertainty.
Example:
Confused one cannot make up one's mind, nor take any
decision.
12: Consciousness joined with bored indifference, and restless agitation.
Example:
Confused one remains distracted, scattered &
mentally unsettled.
These are
the 12 kinds of Disadvantageous & detrimental Consciousness of
the Sensuous Sphere (lower worlds). The delayed effect of all these is Pain!
There are in total 89 kinds of Consciousness.
They are all mapped here:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/table1.htm
Blissful is the overcoming of all sense-desires!
Blissful is being without passions in this world!
Blissful is being
harmless towards all sentient beings...
Udana II, 1
More on the folly vanity of desire for
simple Sense Pleasure (Hedonism):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Why_Not.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Craving_is_Pain.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.1-2.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.3-4.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Charcoal_Pit.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.3-4c.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Colourful_but_Muddy.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Craving_is_Catastrophic.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Fire_of_Sense-Desire.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/What_is_Disadvantageous.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Joys_of_the_Flesch_and_Beyond.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Happiness_of_the_Flesh_and_Beyond.htm
Source: The Path of
Purification XIV 81ff:
Visuddhimagga by Ariya
Buddhaghosa
from the 5th century AC.
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=771100
The Visuddhimagga is Online free here:
http://what-buddha-said.net/library/zips/vism.zip
http://what-buddha-said.net/library/pdfs/PathofPurification2011.pdf
Ignorance is not knowing and not understanding the
4 Noble Truths!
The
Disadvantageous (Akusala):
What_is_Detrimental,
Evaporizing_Bad
