Cetasika characteristic

Question 1

Phassa

Answer 1

touching

Question 2

Vedanā

Answer 2

being felt – it may be pleasant, painful or neutral

Question 3

Saññā

Answer 3

perceiving of the qualities of the object

Question 4

Cetanā

Answer 4

the state of willing.

Question 5

Ekaggatā

Answer 5

non-wandering or non-distraction

Question 6

Jīvitindriya

Answer 6

maintaining the associated mental states

Question 7

Manasikāra

Answer 7

the conducting of the associated states towards the object

Question 8

Vitakka

Answer 8

the directing of the mind onto the object

Question 9

Vicāra

Answer 9

continued pressure on the object in the sense of examining it.

Question 10

Adhimokkha

Answer 10

conviction

Question 11

Vīriya

Answer 11

supporting, exertion, and marshalling.

Question 12

Pīti

Answer 12

endearing

Question 13

Chanda

Answer 13

desire to act.

Question 14

Moha

Answer 14

mental blindness or unknowing

Question 15

Ahirika

Answer 15

the absence of disgust at bodily and verbal misconduct.

Question 16

Anottappa

Answer 16

the absence of dread on account of bodily and verbal misconduct.

Question 17

Uddhacca

Answer 17

disquietude, like water whipped up by the wind

Question 18

Lobha

Answer 18

grasping an object

Question 19

Diṭṭhi

Answer 19

unwise (unjustified) interpretation of things.

Question 20

Māna

Answer 20

haughtiness

Question 21

Dosa

Answer 21

ferocity

Question 22

Issā

Answer 22

being jealous of other’s success

Question 23

Macchariya

Answer 23

concealing one’s own success when it has been or can be obtained.

Question 24

Kukkucca

Answer 24

subsequent regret

Question 25

Thina

Answer 25

lack of driving power.

Question 26

Middha

Answer 26

unwieldiness

Question 27

Vicikicchā

Answer 27

doubting

Question 28

Saddhā

Answer 28

placing faith or trusting

Question 29

Sati

Answer 29

not wobbling, i.e., not floating away from the object

Question 30

Hirī

Answer 30

disgust at bodily and verbal misconduct

Question 31

Ottappa

Answer 31

dread in regard to bodily and verbal misconduct.

Question 32

Alobha

Answer 32

the mind’s lack of desire for its objet, or non-adherence to the object like a drop of water on a lotus leaf

Question 33

Adosa (Mettā)

Answer 33

lack of ferocity, or of non-opposing

Question 34

Tatra-majjhattatā (Upekkhā)

Answer 34

conveying consciousness and the mental factors evenly

Question 35

Kāya-passaddhi - tranquility of mental factors Citta-passaddhi - tranquility of consciousness

Answer 35

The twofold tranquility has the characteristic of the quieting down of disturbance (daratha) in the mental factors and consciousness, respectively.

Question 36

Kāya-lahutā - lightness of mental factors Citta-lahutā - lightness of consciousness

Answer 36

The twofold lightness has the characteristic of the subsiding of heaviness (garubhāva) in the mental factors and consciousness, respectively.

Question 37

Kāya-mudutā - malleability of mental factors Citta-mudutā - malleability of consciousness

Answer 37

The twofold malleability has the characteristic of the subsiding of rigidity (thambha) in the mental factors and consciousness respectively.

Question 38

Kāya-kammaññatā - wieldiness or adaptability of mental factors Citta-kammaññatā - wieldiness or adaptability of consciousness

Answer 38

The twofold wieldiness has the characteristic of subsiding of unwieldiness (akammaññabhāva) in the mental factors and consciousness.

Question 39

Kāya-pāguññatā - proficiency of mental factors Citta-pāguññatā - proficiency of consciousness

Answer 39

The twofold proficiency has the characteristic of healthiness of the mental factors and consciousness, respectively.

Question 40

Kāyujukatā - rectitude of mental factors Cittujukatā - rectitude of consciousness

Answer 40

The twofold rectitude has the characteristic of uprightness of the mental body and consciousness, respectively.

Question 41

Sammā-vācā - right speech Sammā-kammanta - right action Sammā-ājīva - right livelihood

Answer 41

The three viratī have the respective characteristics of non-transgression by bodily misconduct, by wrong speech, and by wrong livelihood.

Question 42

Karuṇā

Answer 42

promoting the removal of suffering in others

Question 43

Muditā

Answer 43

gladness at the success of others

Question 44

Paññindriya

Answer 44

penetrating things according to their intrinsic nature