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What are
the Neutral States?
Cut Short:
Mental states, which neither are Advantageous, nor Disadvantageous are Neutral!
In Detail: Which states are neither Advantageous
nor Disadvantageous?
1: States that are RESULTING EFFECTS of others
states are themselves neutral:
There are states, which are the resulting effects of prior advantageous &
disadvantageous states
of the sensuous sphere, the fine material sphere, the formless sphere, or of the
Supramundane...
These states are either a feeling, a perception, a mental construction, or a
moment of consciousness.
These effects are neither advantageous nor disadvantageous, but inherently
neutral.
2: UNINTENTIONAL ACTIONS (kiriya kamma)
are neutral states:
There are mental states, which neither are advantageous, nor disadvantageous,
nor resultants.
These are unintentional inert actions, which does not cause any effects or kamma
accumulation.
These states are neither advantageous nor disadvantageous, nor causes, nor
effects, but neutral.
Example: Stepping on & killing an ant, not having seen it, nor wished to harm,
is a neutral action.
3: All forms of MATTER, MATERIALITY, and FORM are
neutral states:
Mountains, trees, food, water, air, knives, weapons, & even atomic bombs are all
neutral states.
It is the intention behind utilizing these dead passive things, which can be
either good or bad...
4: Nibbāna is undecided, indeterminate,
and undeterminable:
The Unconditioned Element of Nibbāna
is a neutral state, - causing nothing -, & as such neither
advantageous, nor disadvantageous, nor a resulting effect of anything else...
These are the neutral states, which are
neither
advantageous nor
disadvantageous.
About the cause and effect of intentional states:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/What_is_Neutral.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Creating_Future.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Resultants.htm
Source:
The Classification of States. Dhammasanganī.
The 1st of the 7 Abhidhamma Books.
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=130622
http://www.amazon.com/dhammasangani-Enumeration-realities-Bibliotheca-Indo-Budhica/dp/8170306108/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204111405&sr=8-1
What is Neutral?
Updated:
25 October 2010 http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/What_is_Neutral.htm