NEW232Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Impermanence, Dukkha, Laziness
Document Summary
Abhidharma (ab) forms the 3rd part of the pali canon. Treats subjects exclusively from an ultimate pov: deals with ultimate realities in detail and consists of numerous categories and classifications mental functions and phenomena. The ab is most useful to those who want to understand the dhamma in depth. It aids insight into the 3 marks of existence: impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and no-self. The ab presents a complete understanding of the mind and all of its qualities, processes, and functions beginning with sensation and perception all the way to nirvana. Minds divided into 2 categories: primary minds and secondary mental factors. The 2 are utterly interconnected they arise, abide and cease simultaneously. Pms: are passive, neutral and in the background. The pm is hard to know directly, as it is obscured by mfs. The pm is like the hand, and the mfs are like the fingers. Smfs: aspects of the mind that condition the basic clarity and awareness of mind.
