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    52 mental formations

    From The Dhamma Encyclopedia


    The 52 Mental Formations:
    1. Contact
    2. Feeling
    3. Perception
    4. Volition
    5. Concentration of mind
    6. Psychic life
    7. Attention
    8. Initial application
    9. Sustained application
    10. Effort
    11. Pleasurable interest
    12. Desire to do
    13. Deciding
    14. Greed
    15. Hate
    16. Dullness
    17. Error
    18. Conceit
    19. Envy
    20. Selfishness
    21. Worry
    22. Shamelessness
    23. Recklessness
    24. Distraction
    25. Sloth
    26. Torpor
    27. Perplexity
    28. Disinterestedness
    29. Amity
    30. Reason
    31. Faith
    32. Mindfulness
    33. Modesty
    34. Discretion
    35. Balance of mind
    36. Composure of mental properties
    37. Composure of mind
    38. Buoyancy of mental properties
    39. Buoyancy of mind
    40. Pliancy of mental properties
    41. Pliancy of mind
    42. Adaptability of mental properties
    43. Adaptability of mind
    44. Proficiency of mental properties
    45. Proficiency of mind
    46. Rectitude of mental properties
    47. Rectitude of mind
    48. Right speech
    49. Right action
    50. Right livelihood
    51. Pity
    52. Appreciation
    (from Dhammasangani, the first book of the Abhidhamma)

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