Drop of Dhamma Delight!
Friends:
What
are the 8 Advantageous Kinds of Consciousness?
1: Unprompted consciousness joined with joy and understanding.
Example: Knowing merit one spontaneously gives with joy a
gift.
2: Prompted consciousness joined with joy and understanding.
Example: Knowing merit one, urged by others, gives with
joy a gift.
3: Unprompted consciousness with
joy, but not understanding.
Example: Unaware of merit one spontaneously gives with joy
a gift.
4: Prompted consciousness joined
with joy, but not understanding.
Example: Unaware of merit one, urged on, gives with joy a
gift.
5: Unprompted consciousness with
equanimity & understanding.
Example: Knowing merit one spontaneously gives yet in
indifference.
6: Prompted consciousness joined with equanimity & understanding.
Example: Knowing merit one, urged by others, gives in
indifference.
7: Unprompted consciousness with
equanimity, but no understanding.
Example: Unaware of merit one spontaneously gives in
indifference.
8: Prompted consciousness with
equanimity, but no understanding.
Example: Unaware of merit one, urged on, gives in
indifference.
These are
the 8 kinds of Advantageous Consciousness of the
Sensuous Sphere (lower worlds). 1 is the best, 8 the lowest.
The delayed
effect of these is happiness, joy and pleasure!
There are in total 89 kinds of Consciousness, all mapped here:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/table1.htm
Source: The Path of
Purification XIV 81ff:
Visuddhimagga by Ariya Buddhaghosa from the 5th century AC.
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=771100

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