Reply To: Kāya Saṅkhāra

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Lal
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Please take the time to prepare the comment. I made some corrections/improvements so that others can understand it.

1. Yes. “Tattha katamo kāya saṅkhāro?” means “What is kaya sankhara?”

  • Pali verses are not broken into separate words in many instances. “kāyasaṅkhāro” is “kāya saṅkhāro.”
  • Also, singular words usually end with “o” in Pali. Thus, “kāya saṅkhāro” means “kāya saṅkhāra.”

2. I do not know why it asks the question, “What is kaya sankhara?” and goes on to explain the other two types as well.

  • But it should not matter. Should it?

3. All we need to know here is that kamma can be done with the mind (thoughts arising in the mind), speech, and bodily actions. They are, respectively, citta (or mano) saṅkhāra, vaci saṅkhāra, and kāya saṅkhāra

  • But all three types arise in the mind. The first kind can arise without conscious thinking (automatically) and those are also called sankappa
  • To be included in “avijjā paccayā saṅkhārāthose must be “abhisankhara” done with sancetana (i.e., with raga, dosa, moha in mind.)
  • The “Saṅkhāra Sutta (AN 3.23)” conveys those ideas.
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