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(It is absent in tikkha-pa¤¤à person.)
U – upacàra – proximity of magga
Nu – anuloma – adaptation or connection,
Go – gottrabhu – the citta that cuts the putthujjana-lineage
to form the ariya-lineage.
In the above cognitive series, parikamma, upacàra and
anuloma cittas take tilakkhaõa as their object and thus
they are included in vipassanà cittas.
Gottrabhu-¤àõa
Gottrabhu, on the other hand, takes Nibbàna and not
tilakkhaõa as its object. so it is not included in vipassanà
cittas. The insight knowledge associated with gottrabhu
is called Gottrabhu ¤àõa.
Magga-¤àõa and Phala-¤àõa
As gottrabhu points the way towards Nibbàna. Maggacitta
and Phala-cittas follow immediately taking Nibbàna
as their object. The wisdom (pa¤¤à) associated with
Magga and Phala are called Magga-¤àõa and Phala-¤àõa,
respectively.
The Magga-¤àõa, though it arises just once, is very
powerful. It simultaneously accomplishes four functions
namely,
1 comprehension of the Truth of suffering,
2 eradication of craving which is the cause of suffering,
3 realization of Nibbàna and
4 full development of the eight constituents of the Path.
“As the traveler by night sees the landscape around him by
a flash of lightening and the picture so obtained swims long
thereafter before his dizzled eyes, so the individual seeker, by