| Figure: The Pali Canon's Six Sextets: | |||||||||||||||
| sense bases | → |
f e e l i n g |
→ |
c r a v i n g |
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| "internal" sense organs |
<–> | "external" sense objects |
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| ↓ | ↓ | ||||||||||||||
| ↓ | contact | ||||||||||||||
| ↓ | ↑ | ||||||||||||||
| consciousness |
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| Source: MN 148 (Thanissaro, 1998) diagram details | |||||||||||||||
Template:Chachakka simplistically diagrams the relationship between entities of the Buddhist framework known as the "Six Sextets" (Pali: cha-chakka). This framework is found throughout the Pali Canon.[1] The six sextets are:
- internal sense bases (ajjhattikāni āyatanāni), a/k/a, "sense organs"
- external sense bases (bāhirāni āyatanāni), a/k/a, "sense objects"
- consciousness (viññāṇa)
- contact or sense impression (phassa)
- feeling or sensation (vedanā)
- craving (taṇhā)
Usage
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See also
edit- Ayatana - the Buddhist notion of sense bases
- Template:Nidanas regarding the Buddhist model of "12 Causes" (including these sextets)
- Template:PancaKhandha regarding the overlapping Buddhist model of "Five Aggregates"
Notes
edit- ^ Examples of well-known discourses (sutta) that reference this framework include the Chachakka Sutta ("The Six Sextets Discourse," MN 148; see, e.g., Thanissaro, 1998) and the Ādittapariyāya Sutta ("Fire Sermon", SN 35.28; see, e.g., Thanissaro, 1993).)
References
edit- Thanissaro Bhikkhu (trans.) (1993). Adittapariyaya Sutta: The Fire Sermon (SN 35.28). Retrieved 2008-02-23 from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.028.than.html.
- Thanissaro Bhikkhu (trans.) (1998). Chachakka Sutta: The Six Sextets (MN 148). Retrieved 2008-02-23 from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.148.than.html.