Thank you, Nina.
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On 11/28/07, Nina van Gorkom <vangorko@...> wrote:
>
> Dear PG Dave,
> you asked about upaayaasa.
> Meanwhile there was some correspondance, and since I could not follow
> it, I may repeat what you got already. Then just leave it.
> I found in the Co. to the Vibhanga (Second Book of Abhidhamma), the
> Sammoha vinodanii (Dispeller of Delusion Ch IV, 106 ):<Woe.
> In the exposition of woe, aayaaso (trouble) is in the sense of being
> troubled; this is a name for mental weariness which occurs in the act
> of sinking and foundering. Upaayaaso [100.22] (woe) is great trouble.
> Aayaasitatta.m (troubledness) is the state of being troubled.
> Upaayaasitatta.m (woefulness) is the state of being woeful.
> Aya.m vuccati upaayaaso (this is called woe): it is this woe that is
> being spoken of here. It has the characteristic of frustration. Its
> nature is moaning. It is manifested as dejection.>
> It is then explained that it is the basis for bodily and mental
> suffering. There is a verse:
> <Because with burning of the mind
> likewise with bodily dejection too.
> Woe produces such great suffering,
> it is itself, therefore, called suffering.>
>
> Nina.
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