Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • Shastra On The Door To Understanding The Hundred Dharmas

    Uploaded by

    johanadjohanson
    192 views4 pages
    The document summarizes the "Hundred Dharmas" or categories of phenomena according to Buddhist philosophy. It divides the Dharmas into 5 categories: 1) Mind Dharmas, 2) Dharmas interactive with the Mind, 3) Form Dharmas, 4) Dharmas not interactive with the Mind, and 5) Unconditioned Dharmas. Each category contains several sub-categories and the document lists the Dharmas within each sub-category, providing definitions and explanations. It concludes by explaining the Buddhist concept of "no-self" or non-self, distinguishing between the non-self of persons and the non-self of phenomena.

    Original Description:

    Shastra on the Door to Understanding the Hundred Dharmas

    Original Title

    Shastra on the Door to Understanding the Hundred Dharmas

    Copyright

    © Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    The document summarizes the "Hundred Dharmas" or categories of phenomena according to Buddhist philosophy. It divides the Dharmas into 5 categories: 1) Mind Dharmas, 2) Dharmas interactive with the Mind, 3) Form Dharmas, 4) Dharmas not interactive with the Mind, and 5) Unconditioned Dharmas. Each category contains several sub-categories and the document lists the Dharmas within each sub-category, providing definitions and explanations. It concludes by explaining the Buddhist concept of "no-self" or non-self, distinguishing between the non-self of persons and the non-self of phenomena.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as pdf or txt
    192 views4 pages

    Shastra On The Door To Understanding The Hundred Dharmas

    Uploaded by

    johanadjohanson
    The document summarizes the "Hundred Dharmas" or categories of phenomena according to Buddhist philosophy. It divides the Dharmas into 5 categories: 1) Mind Dharmas, 2) Dharmas interactive with the Mind, 3) Form Dharmas, 4) Dharmas not interactive with the Mind, and 5) Unconditioned Dharmas. Each category contains several sub-categories and the document lists the Dharmas within each sub-category, providing definitions and explanations. It concludes by explaining the Buddhist concept of "no-self" or non-self, distinguishing between the non-self of persons and the non-self of phenomena.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 4

    Shastra on the Door to Understanding the Hundred Dharmas

    Written by Tin-Tsun Bodhisattva

    Translated into Chinese during Torng Dynasty by Tripitaka Master Yiun-Tzorng Translated into English by B.T.T.S.

    As the World Honored one has said, "all Dharmas have no self." What are all Dharmas, and what is meant by having no self? All Dharmas may be generally grouped into five categories: 1. Mind Dharmas 2. Dharmas interactive with the Mind 3. Form Dharmas 4. Dharmas not interactive with the Mind 5. Unconditioned Dharmas They are in this sequence because the first are supreme, the second interact with the first, the third are the shadows manifest by the previous two, the fourth are the positions in which the previous three are not found, and the last are revealed by the previous four. The first, Mind Dharmas, include in general eight: 1. The Eye Consciousness 2. The Ear Consciousness 3. The Nose Consciousness 4. The Tongue Consciousness 5. The Body Consciousness 6. The Mind Consciousness 7. The Manas Consciousness 8. The Alaya Consciousness The second, Dharmas interactive with the Mind, include in general fifty-one. They are divided into six categories: 1. The five universally interactive 2. The five particular states 3. The eleven wholesome 4. The six fundamental afflictions

    5. The twenty derivative afflictions 6. The four unfixed The five particular states are: 1. Desire 2. Resolution 3. Recollection 4. Concentration 5. Judgment The eleven wholesome Dharmas are: 1. Faith 2. Vigor 3. Shame 4. Remorse 5. Absence of greed 6. Absence of anger 7. Absence of stupidity 8. Light ease 9. Non-laxness 10. Renunciation 11. Non-harming The six fundamental afflictions are: 1. Greed 2. Anger 3. Stupidity 4. Arrogance 5. Doubt 6. Improper views The twenty derivative afflictions are: 1. Wrath 2. Hatred 3. Rage 4. Covering 5. Deceit 6. Flattery 7. Conceit 8. Harming 9. Jealousy 10. Stinginess

    11. Lack of shame 12. Lack of remorse 13. Lack of faith 14. Laziness 15. Laxness 16. Torpor 17. Restlessness 18. Distraction 19. Improper knowledge 20. Scatteredness The four unfixed are: 1. Sleep 2. Regret 3. Examination 4. Investigation The third category is the Form Dharmas. In general there are eleven kinds: 1. Eyes 2. Ears 3. Nose 4. Tongue 5. Body 6. Forms 7. Sounds 8. Smells 9. Flavors 10. Objects of touch 11. Dharmas pertaining to form The fourth category is the Dharmas not interactive with the Mind. In general, there are twenty-four: 1. Attainment (acquisition) 2. Life-faculty 3. Generic similarity 4. Dissimilarity 5. The no thought samadhi 6. The samadhi of extinction 7. The reward of no thought 8. Bodies of phonemes` 9. Bodies of sentence 10. Bodies of phonemes 11. Birth

    12. Dwelling 13. Aging 14. Impermanence 15. Revolution 16. Distinction 17. Interaction 18. Speed 19. Sequence 20. Tim 21. Direction 22. Numeration 23. Combination 24. Discontinuity The fifth category is the Unconditioned Dharmas of which there are, in general, six: 1. Unconditioned empty space 2. Unconditioned extinction which is attained by selection 3. Unconditioned extinction which is unselected 4. Unconditioned unmoving extinction 5. Unconditioned extinction of feeling and thinking 6. Unconditioned True Suchness What is meant by there being no self? There are in general, two kinds of Non-self: 1. The Non-self of Pudgala 2. The Non-self of Dharmas Home Page

    You might also like