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Three moral roots (kusala-hetus) are:
4 Alobha – non-attachment,
5 Adosa – good-will,
6 Amoha – wisdom.
The moral roots also associate with sobhaõa kiriya-cittas and
vipàka-cittas. Thus they are also known as indeterminate roots
(avyàkata-hetus) because kiriya-cittas and vipàka-cittas are called
indeterminate (avyàkata).
2 Seven Jhànaïgas (Seven Constituents of Jhàna)
‘Jhànaïgas’ means ‘jhàna-factors’ or ‘constituents of absorptions’.
The jhàna-factors help the cittas and their associated cetasikas to
observe an object, either bad or good, keenly, closely and fixedly.
1 Vitakka – initial application,
2 Vicàra – sustained application,
3 Pãti – joy,
4 Ekaggatà – one-pointedness,
5 Somanassa-vedanà – pleasant feeling,
6 Domanassa-vedanà – unpleasant feeling,
7 Upekkhà-vedanà – neutral feeling or equanimity.
3 Twelve Maggaïgas (Twelve Constituents of the Path)
‘Magga’ means ‘Path’ and ‘maggaïgas’ means ‘constituents of
the path’. Unwholesome constituents combine to form a path
leading to the woeful state whereas wholesome constituents
combine to form a path leading to the blissful state up to Nibbàna.
1 Sammà-diññhi – Right View
It is pa¤¤à present in 8 mahà-kusala cittas, 8 mahà-kiriya
cittas and 26 appanà-javanas.