Mental factors (Sanskrit: चैतसिक, romanized: caitasika or chitta samskara चित्त संस्कार; Pali: cetasika; Tibetan: སེམས་བྱུང sems byung), in Buddhism,...

in Pali (Sanskrit: Prīti) is a mental factor (Pali:cetasika, Sanskrit: caitasika) associated with the development of jhāna (Sanskrit: dhyāna) in Buddhist...

of this entire mass of suffering & stress.' Mental factors (Sanskrit: caitasika; Pali: cetasika; Tibetan Wylie: sems byung) are formations (Sanskrit:...

dhyāna) is described as the development of five mental factors (Sanskrit: caitasika; Pali: cetasika) that counteract the five hindrances: vitakka ("applied...

Buddhism (Pali and Sanskrit: बौद्ध धर्म Buddha Dharma) is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely...

jhāna is described as the development of five mental factors (Sanskrit: caitasika; Pali: cetasika) that counteract the five hindrances: vitakka ("applied...

and schemas were introduced, such as the differentiation of cittas and caitasikās and new ways of connecting or relating the various elements with each...

characteristics, nature and functions of the various dharmas, especially the caitasika and citta-viprayukta-dharmas. The sevenfold system bears some similarities...

This theory was used to explain karma and rebirth. The doctrine that caitasikas (mental factors) are but modes of citta (mind) and are not separate elemental...

心所法としては四類四十法のみを掲げ……この二書だけ一致しているということは（There are forty mental factors (caitasika) in these four Sarvastivada Abhidharma texts: Prakaranapada, Mahavibhasa...

is to group by type. Thus, dharmas are assigned as either rūpa, citta, caitasika or citta-viprayukta, the conditioned dharmas, and the unconditioned dharmas...

phenomenon of consciousness. Its main characteristic is cognizing an object. Caitasikas (46 types) refers to "thought-concomitants", mental events or "associated...

mental factors (caitasikas). Harivarman argues against the common Abhidharma idea of "association" (samprayoga) which held that caitasikas and citta were...

second chapter of this text enumerates fifty-one mental factors (Sanskrit: caitasikā), divided into the following categories: five ever-functioning factors...

closer look at the various divisions of dharmas, in particular citta and caitasika, with its conjoined and non-conjoined aspects. As it is not mentioned...