Methodology of Dhammasangina

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The sense-sphere citta arises due to the activity of the sense either
kammically wholesome, unwholesome, and neutral. The fine-material-sphere,
the higher level of citta can be cultivated by meditative training, it analyses with
five jhna stages. The immaterial-sphere citta is analysed with the four stages.
Finally, the supra-mundane citta belongs to the four stages of enlightenment.
The first three stages belong to the mundane realm, still bond to the Sasra,
whereas the supra-mundane is beyond the Sasra. Above except sense-sphere
citta all are belong to kammically wholesome. This example not only shows us
that what states are kammically wholesome, unwholesome, and neutral, also
shows us what states are mundane and supra-mundane. ( duka)This is how M
tik used in the DhammasamganI.
Methodology
The Dhammasamgani begins a list of terms called Mtik. A close
examination reveals it as embracing the entire universe, analysis and classifying
it under a great number of psychological, ethical, and doctrinal aspects. These
classifications are arranged in groups, of three terms( Tika) and two terms
(duka).It listed 122 Abhidhamma-mtik, 22 are Tika-M tik which are the
fundamental dhammas are to be distributed, 100 are Duka-Mtik used as a basis
for classification. It also listed 42 Suttanta-Mtik, it has the name most probably
due to the sources and terms can be traced back to Sutta Piaka, especially in the
Sangiti Sutta of the Digha-NikAya and the Aguttara-NikAya. They are deal

more with dhamma relate to sila, samdhi, and dihi than with nma and rpa as
in the Abhidhamma-mtik.
Some examples of the Tika-Mtik and duka-Mtik are given as:
Tika-Mtik:
States that are kammically wholesome, unwholesome, and neutral;
States that are associated with pleasant feeling, painful feeling, and neutral
feeling;
Duka-Mtik:
States that are conditioned, unconditioned;
States that are mundane, supra-mundane; and so forth.

Method in Mtik
In order to manifest the nature of the dhammas, the Abhidhamma resorts to
two complementary methods: analysis and synthesis. The analytical method
dominates in the Dhammasaga, here we find a complete catalogue of the
dhammas, each with a brief definition. DhammasagaI used the analytical
method and applied Mtik, showing the psychological ethical phenomena.
(here do not need to mention the seventh book)

The Abhidhamma Methodology represented in Dhammasangani

Firstly, Abhidhamma method is literal discourse on the dhamma. It takes no
account of the personal inclination and cognition capacities of the listener. In
contrast, Suttanta method is decorated on the dhamma, it uses the simile and
metaphor, etc.
Secondly, the Abhidhamma method of exposition, it restricts itself to terms

that are valid from the stand point of ultimate truth: dhamma, their
characteristic, function and relations, their ontological ultimate into bare nmarpa phenomena that are Anicca, Dukkha, and Anatta. In contrast, in the Sutta
the Buddha makes use of conventional language and accepts conventional truth,
for example,the Buddha speaks of you, man, woman, etc, as though they were
concrete realities.
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In conclusion, Dhammasaga plays an important role of Abhidhamma of
showing that constituent of existence and the nAma and rUpa in internal and
external world. It states the conditioned realities of citta, cetasika and rpa,
whereas the unconditioned reality(duka) , Nibbna. Therefore, the practitioner
can see the nAma and rUpa as the constituents of aggregates and merely
phenomena thus they are anicca, dukkha, and anatta, when one has gone beyond
the five aggregates, then it belongs to the supra-mundane citta.