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latin script edition), made it difficult to study for novices. Thus, there arose a need for concise summaries for teaching novices. While there were various texts written for this purpose, the fifty page
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Chapter III - Miscellaneous, classifies cittas and cetasikas with respect to six categories: root (hetu), feeling (vedana), function (kicca), door (dvara), object (arammana), and base (vatthu).
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and numerous charts and tables provided by Ven. U Silananada. A supplement to this text is 'Process of
Consciousness and Matter by Ven. Dr. Rewata Dhamma'.
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