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All these 72 are subjective and objective realities. The related
ones will be grouped into categories in the present chapter.
Compendium of Categories
The compendium of categories that will be treated here is fourfold:
1 the compendium of immoral categories,
2 the compendium of mixed categories,
3 the compendium of categories that pertain to enlightenment,
and
4 the compendium of the whole vatthu-dhammas.
[1] Akusala saïgaha (Compendium of Immoral Categories)
There are nine immoral categories – viz., âsava, Ogha, Yoga,
Gantha, Upàdàna, Nivàrana, Anusaya, Saüyojana and Kilesà.
1 Four âsavas (Four Cankers or Intoxicants)
‘âsava’ means intoxicant, defilements, corruption, taint, stain,
canker, etc. We know that fermented liquor which has been left
in the fermenting pot for a long time can strongly intoxicate
men. Similarly the àsavas, which have been left to be fermented
in the khandha-stream of beings for aeons, i.e., a saüsàra, make
men drunk and forgetful of their liberation. There are four àsavas:
1 Kàmàsava – attachment to sensual pleasures in the sensesphere;
it is lobha associated with 8 lobha-måla cittas.
2 Bhavàsava – attachment to råpa-jhàna and aråpa-jhàna as
well as to the existence in råpa- and aråpa-planes; it is
lobha associated with 4 lobha-måla diññhigata-vippayutta cittas.
3 Diññhàsava – 62 kinds of false views; it is diññhi present
in 4 lobha-måla diññhigata-sampayutta cittas.