THE BIG 51
THE 51 MENTAL EVENTS
The first ten events are present in every moment of consciousness:
ELEVEN VIRTUOUS MENTAL STATES
all eleven are present
in every virtuous moment of consciousness
COLOR CODE FOR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
TRIPLE STARRED EMOTIONS
KNOWN AS
THE SIX EMOTIONS WHICH CLUSTER
ALL ARISE SIMULTANEOUSLY WHEN ANY ONE ARISES
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RED-BOXED EMOTIONS
THESE FOUR REQUIRE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL MOMENTS
ATTACHMENT, ANGER, ARROGANCE
& LACK OF FAITH
CANNOT CO-EXIST
IN THE SAME MIND MOMENT
BUT MAY ARISE IN RAPID OSCILLATION
TURTLEHILL © 2000
The material in this section is based on MIND IN BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY A Translation of Ye-shes rgyal-mtshan's The Necklace of Clear Understanding translated from the Tibetan by Herbert V. Guenther & Leslie Kawamura, Dharma Publishing, 1975