The Seventy-Five Dharmas (Elements of Existence)

The Seventy-Five Dharmas (Elements of Existence) in the Abhidharmakosa of Vasubandhu

Created Elements, Samskrta-dharma (Dharmas 1-72)

I. Forms, Rupani

Sense Organs

1. eye, caksu 2. ear, srotra 3. nose, ghrana 4. tongue, jihva 5. body, kaya

Sense Objects

6. form, rupa 7. sound, scibda 8. smell, gandha 9. taste, rasa 10. touch, sprastavya 11. element with no manifestation, avijnapti-rupa II. Mind, Citta 12. Mind, Citta III. Concomitant Mental Faculties, Caitasika or Citta-samprayukta-samskara A. General Functions, Mahabhumika 13. feeling, sensation, vedana 14. conception, idea, samjna 15. will, volition, cetana 16. touch, contact, sparsa 17. wish, chanda 18. intellect, mail 19. mindfulness, smrti 20. attention, manaskara 21. decision, abhimoksa 22. concentration, samadhi B. General Functions of Good, Kusala-mahabhumika 23. faith, sraddha 24. energy, effort, virya 25. equanimity, upeksa 26. self respect, shame, hri 27. decorum, apatrapya 28. non-greediness, alobha 29. non-ill-will, advesa 30. non-violence, non-harm, ahimsa 31. confidence, prasrabdhi 32. exertion, apramada C. General Functions of Defilement, KIesa mahabhumika 33. ignorance, moha 34. idleness, non-diligence, pramada 35. indolence, idleness vs. virya, kausidya 36. non-belief, asraddhya 37. low-mindedness, torpor, styana 38. high-mindedness, restlessness, dissipation, auddhatya D. General Functions of Evil, Akusala-mahabhnmika 39. lack of self-respect, shamelessness, ahrikya 40. lack of decorum, anapatrapya E. Minor Functions of Defilement, Upaklesa-bhnmika 41. anger, krodha 42. concealment, hypocrisy, mraksa 43. parsimony, matsarya 44. jealousy, envy, irsyci 4 5. affliction, prctdasa 46. violence, harm, vihimsa 47. enmity, breaking friend, upanaha 48. deceit, maya 49. fraudulence, perfidy, sathya 50. arrogance, mada F. Indeterminate Functions, Aniyata-bhumika 51. repentance, kaukrtya 52. drowsiness, middha 53. reflection, vitarka 54. investigation, vicara 55. lust, covetousness, raga 56. hatred, pratigha 57. pride, manci 58. doubt, vicikitsa IV. Elements Neither Substantial Forms Nor Mental Functions, Citta-viprayukta-samskara 59. acquisition, prapti 60. non-acquisition, aprapti 61. communionship [similarity], sabhagata 62. fruition in thoughtless heaven, asamjtiika 63. thoughtless ecstasy, asamjtiika-samapadi 64. annihilation trance, nirodha-samapatti 65. life, jivita 66. birth, jati 67. stability, sthiti 68. decay, jara 69. impermanence, anityata 70. name, nama-kaya 71. sentence, pada-kaya 72. letter, vyanjana-kaya

Non-Created Elements (Negative Becoming), Asamskrta-dharma (Dharmas 73-75)

73. space, akasa 74. extinction through intellectual power, pratisamkhya-nirodha 75. extinction due to lack of a productive cause, apratisamkhya- nirodha