Re: AN I.51-52, translation
From: Jim Anderson
Message: 219
Date: 2001-07-12
Dear Teng Kee,
>Hi,
>I always thinking what kind of bhavanga I am in.Among
>the eight vipaka and also which bhavanga is buddha
>in.i do not think peta ,hell have the luminous
>bhavanga like us since they have the other inferior
>vipaka bhavanga.
It appears that my comment about luminous bhavangacitta for beings of the
lower realms has raised a few eyebrows. I understand that 19 types of cittas
can function as bhavangacittas and are either accompanied by upekkha or
somanassa and all are free of defilements. So to my way of thinking that
would make them all pure and hence luminous (metaphorically). There is just
one type of bhavangacitta for beings of the lower realms which is no. 56.
Just as akusala cittas can follow luminous bhavangacittas, so it seems that
luminous bhavangacittas can follow akusala cittas.
Jim
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