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| − | '''Ānantariya''': Immediacy, is a name for that [[Concentration]] of [[Mind]] which is associated with the profound and shocking [[Insight]] vipassanā that is present in any one of the 4 kinds of supra-mundane path [[Consciousness]] see: [[Ariya-puggala]], and which therefore is the cause of the immediately following fruition phala [[Consciousness]]. According to the [[ | + | '''Ānantariya''': Immediacy, is a name for that [[Concentration]] of [[Mind]] which is associated with the profound and shocking [[Insight]] vipassanā that is present in any one of the 4 kinds of supra-mundane path [[Consciousness]] see: [[Ariya-puggala]], and which therefore is the cause of the immediately following fruition phala [[Consciousness]]. According to the [[Abhidhamma]], this path-moment of the Stream-enterer [[Sotapanna]] & the other Nobles is generated by the [[Insight]] into the [[Impermanence]], misery and impersonality of all existence, reaching a certain threshold at that very moment and thus instantly transforming and ennobling the individual nature forever. It is mentioned under the name of ānantarika-[[Samādhi]] in the Ratana [[Sutta]] Sn. v. 22 and in Pts.M. 1, Ñānakathā. |
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Revision as of 16:33, 12 June 2013
Ānantariya: Immediacy, is a name for that Concentration of Mind which is associated with the profound and shocking Insight vipassanā that is present in any one of the 4 kinds of supra-mundane path Consciousness see: Ariya-puggala, and which therefore is the cause of the immediately following fruition phala Consciousness. According to the Abhidhamma, this path-moment of the Stream-enterer Sotapanna & the other Nobles is generated by the Insight into the Impermanence, misery and impersonality of all existence, reaching a certain threshold at that very moment and thus instantly transforming and ennobling the individual nature forever. It is mentioned under the name of ānantarika-Samādhi in the Ratana Sutta Sn. v. 22 and in Pts.M. 1, Ñānakathā.
