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Six Types of Visayappavatti
‘Visayappavatti’ means ‘the presentation of sense-objects at the
sense-doors’. There are six types of visayappavatti – four at the
five sense-doors and two at the mind-door.
A Visayappavatti at Pa¤ca-dvàras
(Presentation of sense-objects at the five sense-doors)
1 Atimahantà-rammaõa
5 sense-objects with very great intensity causing a
very long cognitive series of consciousness to arise.
2 Mahantà-rammaõa
5 sense-objects with great intensity causing a long
cognitive series of consciousness to rise.
3 Parittà-rammaõa
5 sense-objects with slight intensity causing a short
cognitive series of consciousness to arise.
4 Atiparittà-rammaõa
5 sense-objects with very slight intensity causing
no cognitive series to arise.
B
Visayappavatti at Mano-dvàra
1 Vibhåtà-rammaõa
clear presentation of sense objects.
2 Avibhåtà-rammaõa
obscure presentation of sense objects.
Vãthi-cittas and Vãthi-vimutti Cittas
(Vãthi-consciousness and Vãthi-freed consciousness)
Those cittas which participate in the cognitive series of consciousness
are call vãthi-cittas.
Those cittas which do not participate in the cognitive series
of consciousness are call vãthi-vimutti cittas.