Formations

All formations are impermanent.

Formation Samokara(sansc.)

 Physical
 Biological
 Mental






There are 51 categories of Mental Formations.
Some positive, wholesome

compassion
loving
kindness
joy
forgiveness
mindfulness
concentration
insight
compassion
joy
peace


they exists as


bīja (sansc.) seeds (before becomes mental formation it is a seed, if it is touched, watered)
becames citta samokara (sansc.) a formation.



recognize and help them to manifest
negative, un-wholesome 
craving
anger
hate
violence
jealousy
frustration

Refrain of touching them, watering the seeds

Some can be positive or negative, indefinite:

thinking


Be present in the here and now to recognize the mental formations. Be aware of you body, pain, relaxation, mindfulness is the energy that helps us to be aware.

Similar for mental formations: Joy, Sorrow , Irritation
Mindfulness is the power to recognize the formation that is present, physical, psychological, mental.

Store Consciousness/Seeds / Mind Consciousness / Mental Formations

A seed watered becomes a Mental Formation.


Don't let negative mental formation manifest alone, invite mindfulness to accompany / to recognize the other.

This is the practice of Mindfulness of Anger.
Mindfulness is always mindfulness of something.

Never be anger be alone mindfulness should be there.



Seed of depression, for example , if it manifest, we should know how to invite the seed of mindfulness. It will recognize it, there is no fighting, job is to recognize things as they are.
Embrace whatever is there, in a tender way, like a mother embracing her child when the baby suffers.
Energy of tenderness begins to penetrate into the child, after a few moments the child feels better, this happens also with the practice of mindfulness.No fighting between the two kind of energies , recognition and only supporting, helping.

Buddhist meditation is based on the principle of  Non-duality and non-violence.

Because not only mindfulness is you but also anger is (also) you, depression is also you. Take care of you self do not fight yourself.

No attempt to suppress to fight - the practice id non-violent.
non duality leads to non violence.




Mindfulness contains Concentration that leads to Insight.

Tenderly embracing with concentration/ looking deeply into the nature of it/ will lead to understanding / insight deliberated
In Buddhism: Insight if the factor of liberation.

In Buddhism there is salvation by Insight, not by grace.

Insight comes from strong concentration. Cultivation mindfulness leads to concentration and eventually insight.
These energies can be cultivated in any location at any time.

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Engaged Buddhism

Basic Part: have the practice live every moment, in the realm of the body, in the realm of the mind, in the realm of the environment.
Respond what is happening in the mind, body, environment.
Respond to physiological / mental / physical formations.

Download 51 Mental Formation.PDF

漢	Tiếng Việt	Sanskrit	English	Français
徧行五	5 tâm sở biến hành	sarvatraga	5 Universals	5 Universelles
觸	xúc	sparśa	contact	le contact
作意	tác ý	mānaskāra	attention	l’attention
受	thọ	vedanā	feeling	la sensation
想	tưởng	saṃjñā	perception	la perception
思	tư	cetanā	volition	la volition
別境五	5 tâm sở biệt cảnh	viniyata	5 Particulars	5 Particulières
欲	dục	chanda	intention	l’intention
勝解	thắng giải	adhimokṣa	determination	la détermination
念	niệm	smṛti	mindfulness	la pleine conscience
定	định	samādhi	concentration	la concentration
慧	tuệ	prajñā (mati)	insight	la compréhension
善十一	11 tâm sở thiện	11 Kuśala	11 Wholesome	11 Bénéfiques
信	tín	śraddhā	faith	la foi
慚	tàm	hrī	inner shame	la honte envers soi-même
愧	quý	apatrāpya, apatrapā	shame before others	la honte vis-à-vis des autres
無貪	vô tham	alobha	absence of craving	l’absence d’avidité
無瞋	vô sân	adveśa	absence of hatred	l’absence de colère
無癡	vô si	amoha	absence of ignorance	l’absence d’ignorance
精進	cần	vīrya	diligence, energy	le zèle, l’énergie
輕安	khinh an	praśrabdhi	tranquility, ease	l’aisance
不放逸	bất phóng dật	apramāda	vigilance, energy	la vigilance
行捨	hành xả	upekṣā	equanimity	l’équanimité
不害	bất hại	ahiṃsā	non harming	la non violence
一行 禪師添加	Thầy Nhất Hạnh thêm		Wholesome M.F. added by Thầy	Autres bénéfiques ajoutées par Thầy
無畏	vô úy	abhaya	non fear	l’absence de peur
無憂	vô ưu	asóka	absence of anxiety	l’absence d’anxiété
堅	kiên	sthira	stability, solidity	la stabilité
慈	từ	maitri	loving kindness	la bonté aimante
悲	bi	karuna	compassion	la compassion
喜	hỷ	mudita	joy	la joie
謙	khiêm	sagauravatā	humility	l’humilité
樂	lạc	sukha	happiness	le bonheur
清涼	thanh lương	nirjvara	feverlessness	l’absence de fièvre
自在	tự tại	vasika	freedom/sovereignty	la liberté
根本煩惱六	6 căn bản phiền não	6 Kleśa	6 Primary Unwholesome	6 Principales Non Bénéfiques
貪	tham	rāga	craving, covetousness	l’avidité
瞋	sân	pratigha	hatred	la haine
癡	si	mudhi	ignorance, confusion	l’ignorance,la confusion
慢	mạn	māna	arrogance	l’arrogance
疑	nghi	vicikitsā	doubt, suspicion	le doute
惡見	kiến	dṛṣṭi	wrong view	la vue fausse
隨煩惱二十	20 tùy phiền não được chia làm 3 phần	20 Upakleśa	20 Secondary Unwholesome	20 Secondaires Non Bénéfiques
小隨煩惱十	tiểu tùy: 10		10 Minor Secondary Unwholesome	10 Secondaires Mineures Non Bénéfiques
忿	phẫn	krodha	anger	la colère
恨	hận	upanāha	resentment, enmity	le ressentiment
覆	phú	mrakṣa	concealment	la dissimulation
惱	não	pradāśa	maliciousness	la malveillance
嫉	tật	īrṣyā	jealousy	la jalousie
慳	xan	mātsarya	selfishness, parsimony	l’égoïsme
誑	cuống	māyā	deceitfulness, fraud	la tromperie
諂	siễm	śāṭhya	guile	la duplicité
害	hại	vihiṃsā	desire to harm	le désir de nuire
憍	kiêu	mada	pride	la fierté
中隨煩惱二	trung tùy: 2		2 Middle Secondary Unwholesome	2 Secondaires Moyennes Non Bénéfiques
無慚	vô tàm	āhrīkya	lack of inner shame	l’absence de honte envers soi-même
無愧	vô quý	anapatrāpya, anapatrapā	lack of shame before others	l’absence de honte vis-à-vis des autres
大隨煩惱八	đại tùy: 8		8 Greater Secondary Unwholesome	8 Secondaires Majeures Non Bénéfiques
掉擧	trạo cử	auddhatya	restlessness	l’agitation
惛沉	hôn trầm	styāna	drowsiness	la somnolence
不信	bất tín	āśraddhyā	lack of faith, unbelief	le manque de foi
懈怠	giải đãi	pramāda	laziness	la paresse
放逸	phóng dật	kausīdya	negligence	la négligence
失念	thất niệm	muṣitasmṛtitā	forgetfulness	l’oubli
散亂	tán loạn	vikṣepa	distraction	la distraction
不正知	bất chánh tri	asaṃprajanya	lack of discernment	le manque de discernement
一行禪師添加	Thầy Nhất Hạnh thêm		Unwholesome M.F. added by Thầy	Autres non bénéfiques ajoutées par Thầy
恐懼	sợ hãi	bhaya	fear	la peur
憂	lo lắng (hồi hộp)	soka	anxiety	l’anxiété
絕望	tuyệt vọng	visada	despair	le désespoir
不定四	4 tâm sở bất định	aniyata	4 Indeterminate	Indéterminées
悔	hối	kaukṛtya	regret, repentance	le regret
眠	miên	middha	sleepiness	la torpeur
尋	tầm	vitarka	initial thought	pensée initiale
伺	từ	vicāra	sustained thought	pensée d’investigation

http://plumvillage.org/transcriptions/51-mental-formation/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml8z-gC8BLM

http://sites.psu.edu/symbolcodes/languages/ancient/latin/