August 26, 2024 at 6:44 am
#51630
Keymaster
There is a difference between sankhara and abhisankhara (sankhara with raga, dosa, moha, or defilements). Arahants generate sankhara but not abhisankhara.
- The problem is that suttas use sankhara to describe abhisankhara in many situations. For example, sankhara in “avijja paccaya sankhara” refer to “avijja paccaya abhisankhara.” One needs to understand the usage.
- The same applies to many other words. For example, actions with cetana are not “defiled actions,” but actions with “sancetana” are; yet, in many cases, “cetana” really means “sancetana.”
- Of course, most translators do not understand that which is a big problem. We have discussed that in many posts: “Elephant in the Room 1 – Direct Translation of the Tipiṭaka“