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Vipassana
How Bhava-Cakka (the 12 links or 11 Paccaya) Destroys Wrong View.

 

            Realizing the truth of Paticcasamuppada will destroy vipallasa dhamma (perversity of perception) by the power of wisdom:
            1. Avijja (Ignorance)
            When it is realized that ignorance (avijja) is the paccaya (aiding condition) of kamma-formations, it destroys the wrong view that some Higher Power caused or created everything.
           2. Kamma-Formation
            Because it is realized that kamma-formations cause rebirth consciousness (patisandhivinnana), it destroys the illusion of self (sakkaya-ditthi)-because it's not 'you' being reborn, only rebirth consciousness.
            3.Nama-Rupa
            Because consciousness is the paccaya (aiding condition) to nama and rupa (which is cetasika and rupa), this changes the wrong view that nama-rupa is substantial and permanent.
            4. Six Sense Bases
            Because nama-rupa is the paccaya to the six sense bases (eye, ear, nose, etc), the wrong view is changed that we hear, we see. Back to Content
            5. Contact
            Because the six sense bases are paccaya for contact (phassa), and phassa is made up of organ, object and the citta that knows (vinnana), the wrong view is destroyed that sense organ, object, and citta, are self.
            6. Feeling
            Because contact is the paccaya to feeling, such as sukha-vedana, etc. - the wrong view is changed that 'we' have pleasure or suffer.
            7. Craving
            Because feeling is the paccaya that results in tanha (which expressed in terms of mental properties, is lobha-cetasika), the wrong view is destroyed that sense pleasures in any bhava lead to happiness.
            8. Clinging
           Because tanha is the paccaya for clinging (upadana), which is composed of lobha-cetasika and ditthi-cetasika, the wrong view is changed that something is attractive, beautiful, pleasant-smelling, etc., and thus should be clung to.
            9. Becoming
            Because upadana (clinging) is the paccaya for Becoming, it destroys the wrong view that when one dies there is no rebirth. (Actually, upadana causes Becoming - which is cetana-cetasika-citta. Cetana is the volition or action which brings about result (vipaka) - which is Rebirth or Becoming.)
            10. Birth
            Because becoming (bhava) is the paccaya for birth (jati) , it destroys the wrong view that the five Khandas are happiness.
            11.Deacay and Death
            Because birth (jati) is the paccaya for decay and death, the wrong view is changed that the five Khandas are beautiful, permanent and personal.
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