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meditation efforts in the present life, and then attain jhànas and
maggas easily if they will meditate again.
‘Ti-hetuka-puggala’ refers to human beings and devas who are
born with ¤àõa-sampayutta mahàvipàka cittas which contain wisdom.
These persons may attain all the jhànas and all the maggas if they
strenuously undertake tranquillity – and insight-meditations.
The four maggaññha-persons and the four phalaññha-persons
are ti-hetuka-puggala. The maggaññha persons last for just one
conscious moment while they are realizing the corresponding
magga-¤àõas. After the magga-¤àõas, they become phalaññha-persons.
Puggala and Cittas
The cittas that can arise in various person in different abodes
are tabulated below.
Puggala Kàma-bhåmi Råpa-bhåmi Aråpa-bhåmi
Duggati- Akusala cittas 12
ahetuka Ahetuka cittas Nil Nil
(hasitupada excepted) 17
Mahàkusala cittas 8
total 37
Sugati- Akusala cittas 12
ahetuka Ahetuka cittas
and (hasitupada excepted) 17
Dwi-hetuka Mahàkusala 8 Nil Nil
Mahàvipàka
¤àõa-vipassanà 4
total 41
Continued in Chart No. 10 attached at the back of this book.