Hi Derek,

>> 'sa.nkhaara' is 'a process of construing', and vitakka itself is
>> 'vacii-sa.khaara' (a process of construing speech).

>> > (vitakka,sa.nkhaara,santhaana)

DCdyc> How about "thought-construct composition" or "thought-construct
DCdyc> formation"?

In the 'process' translation I intend to reflect the dynamic language
of Buddhism, which treats the constituents of mind as ongoing
processes instead of static objects.

Vitakka doesn't happen all the time, it arises and ceases in the
dependent co-arising.

Such interpretation has deep parallels in modern systemic thinking
(see, for example, books by Fritjof Kapra).

Dimitry