Re: avihimsa·sankappa and abyapada·sankappa

 

‘‘Katamo cāvuso, sammāsaṅkappo? Nekkhammasaṅkappo, abyāpādasaṅkappo, avihiṃsāsaṅkappo, ayaṃ vuccatāvuso – ‘sammāsaṅkappo’’’. M 3.247, Saccavibhaṅgasuttaṃ

For a detailed treatment see M 3.71 Mahācattārīsakasuttaṃ

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammāsaṅkappo sāsavo puññabhāgiyo upadhivepakko? Nekkhammasaṅkappo, abyāpādasaṅkappo, avihiṃsāsaṅkappo – ‘ayaṃ, bhikkhave, sammāsaṅkappo sāsavo puññabhāgiyo upadhivepakko’’’

‘‘Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammāsaṅkappo ariyo anāsavo lokuttaro maggaṅgo? Yo kho, bhikkhave, ariyacittassa anāsavacittassa ariyamaggasamaṅgino ariyamaggaṃ bhāvayato takko vitakko saṅkappo appanā byappanā cetaso abhiniropanā vacīsaṅkhāro – ayaṃ, bhikkhave, sammāsaṅkappo ariyo anāsavo lokuttaro maggaṅgo.

I leave them untranslated; The second definition is meaningful to ariyas only. The first to bhikkhus as defined in supatipanno...

As you can see from above Sammāsaṅkappo1 includes three saṅkappā. Sammāsaṅkappo2 does not include kāyasaṅkhāro.

With friendly thoughts to everybody,

D. C. Wijeratna

On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Kumara Bhikkhu kumara.bhikkhu@... [palistudy] <palistudy@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Have you seen any sutta that defines them so?

Anyhow, if this is the case, then samma-sankappa is complete without avihimsa-sankappa, isn't it?

with mettâ,
Kumâra Bhikkhu

Dc Wijeratna dcwijeratna@... [palistudy] wrote thus at 02:05 PM 03-10-14:

I think the Suttas are fairly clear about the distinction about abyaapaada and avihi.nsaa sankappas.
Sammaasankppa is: nekkhamma, abyaapaada and avihinsaa.
Abyaapaada leads to actions by mind, words and deeds.
Avihinsa only to actions by words and deeds

Hope this might help

With friendly thoughts to everybody,
D.C. Wijeratna

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 9:07 PM, 'Jim Anderson' jimanderson.on@... [palistudy] < palistudy@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

The third term "avihiṃsāsaṅkappa" is found not only in ine Pali canonical

texts but also in Sanskrit outside the Theravada tradition, judging by the

following quote (Apr 1. 2013) from a discussion (Re: saṃkalpa in the

Abhidharmakośa) on the Dharma Wheel website:

<< I did a quick search through the Vyākhyā and didn't see anything that was

directly relevant to your query. However, it's possible that I may have

missed something.

But at any rate, I don't think there's much difference between how Theravāda

and Sarvāstivāda authors regard saṃkalpa. For example, Ghoṣaka's Amṛtarasa

states that samyaksaṃkalpa consists of the three skillful thoughts

(kuśalavitarka/kuśalasaṃkalpa): the thought of renunciation (naiṣkramya), of

non-ill will/non-aversion (avyāpāda), and non-harming (avihiṃsā). This

parallels Pāli suttas such as DN 22 and MN 78. >>

Jim

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