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4 Four Abridgments (Saïkhepa)
The Five past Causes constitute an abridgment.
The Five Present Effects constitute an abridgment.
The Five present Causes constitute an abridgment.
The five Future Effects constitute an abridgment.
5 Three Connections (Sandhi)
In Table 8.1 it will be seen that the connection between saïkhàra
and vi¤¤àõa constitutes the connection between the Past Causes
and the Present Effects; the connection between vedanà and taõhà
constitutes the connection between the Present Effects and the
Present Causes; and the connection between kamma-bhava and
jàti represents the connection between the Present Causes and
the Future Effects.
At present we are concerned with the middle link, that is
the connection between vedanà and taõhà. If we are mindful at
the six doors to note seeing as just seeing, hearing as just hearing,
and so on and not to let vedanà develop into taõhà, then we are
reconstituting the link as ‘vedanà-pa¤¤à’ instead of ‘vedanà-taõhà’.
This means that we are stopping the wheel of Pañiccasamuppàda
momentarily and trying to cut the link with mindfulness.
6 Three Rounds (Vañña)
‘Vañña’ means going round and round like the rotation of a wheel.
The wheel of Pañiccasamuppàda may be divided into three
segments called ‘three rounds’ or ‘three vaññas’.
1 Kilesa-vañña (Round of Defilements) – avijjà, taõhà, upàdàna
2 Kamma-vañña (Round of Kamma) – kamma-bhava, saïkhàra
3 Vipàka-vañña (Round of Resultants) – upapatti-bhava,
vi¤¤àõa, nàma-råpa, saëàyatana, phassa, vedanà, jàti, jaràmaraõa.