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1. We have six sense faculties. Those for an Arahant are called “six indriya.” For a puthujjana (average human), they are used with rāga, dosa, or moha in the mind, and they are called “the six āyatana.”
- The six āyatana are usually called cakkhu, sota, ghana, jivhā, kāya, and mano without explicitly referring to them as cakkhu āyatana, mana āyatana, etc.
- For an Arahant, they are cakkhu indirya, mana indriya, etc.
2. Even though a sense event may come through one of the five physical senses, they are always registered in the mind, and the response is via mana āyatana (manāyatana).
- Thus, the responses (saṅkhāra) to any sense input in both purana and nava kamma stages arise in manāyatana. Hence, they are all ‘mano saṅkhāra.’
- However, those mano saṅkhāra in the “purana kamma” stage (without conscious thinking) are very weak, compared to those in the “nava kamma” stage. They are called “saṅkappa.”
- In contrast, those mano saṅkhāra that arise in the “nava kamma” stage, arise in javana citta (consciously), are strong.
3. So, the answer to the question: “Does mano saṅkhāra operate in both the purāṇa kamma and nava kamma stages?” is yes. But they have different strengths.
- Only those in the “nava kamma” stage can bring vipāka in future lives.
- Saṅkappa (weak mano saṅkhāra in the “purana kamma” stage) cannot bring vipāka in future lives.
