August 22, 2024 at 3:35 am
#51529
Participant
I’m having difficulty understanding these 9 stages of citta.
In citta vithi, the citta where purana kamma occurs and the citta where nava kamma occurs are different.
However, in the explanation of the 9 stages of defilement, why is it described as if purana evolves into nava within a single citta?
It doesn’t seem likely that the paṇḍaran stage would occur in atita bhanvanga citta in citta vithi.
So I’m beginning to wonder if perhaps cittaṃ mano mānasan hadayan paṇḍaran mano manāyatanaṃ manindriyaṃ viññāṇaṃ viññāṇakkhandho might not be describing a single citta, but rather the cumulative effect of multiple cittas (citta vithi).
If I’m off base here, please set me straight. Thanks.