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2 Phassàhàra – contact or sense-impact; it is phassa cetasika
present in all cittas. It produces and sustains the five
kinds of feeling (vedanà).
3 Manosaïcetanàhàra – mental volition; it is the cetanà
which manifests itself as the 29 types of kamma. It
produces and sustains rebirth consciousness.
4 Vi¤¤àõàhàra – consciousness; it represents the 89 or 121
types of citta. It produces and sustains its concomitants
(cetasikas) and cittaja-råpas.
Bodhipakkhiya-saïgaha
(Compendium of Enlightenment-factors)
‘Bodhi’ means enlightenment or magga-¤àõa. ‘Bodhipakkhiya’
means the components or factors of enlightenment. There are
37 such factors. If one can develop them fully, one will attain
enlightenment. The 37 factors are thus regarded as the essence
of Tipitaka.
The 37 Factors of Enlightenment are 4 Foundations of
Mindfulness, 4 Supreme Efforts, 4 Foundations of Accomplishment,
5 Faculties, 5 Powers, 7 Constituents of Enlightenment
and 8 Constituents of the Path.
1 Four Satipaññhànas (Four Foundations of Mindfulness)
‘Sati’ means mindfulness or attentiveness. ‘Paññhàna’ means
establishment, application, fixing or foundation.
So the four satipaññhànas are the four ‘foundations of
mindfulness’ by which one prevents the mind from wandering
to other sense-objects and keeps the mind fixed attentively and
firmly on the single object of meditation.