How many citta vithis are there in Abhidhamma?
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According to the Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma (page 151):
“According to the sense-doors, the six cognitive processes (vīthi) are: (i) The process connected with the eye-door (cakkhhudvāravīthi) (ii) The process connected with the ear-door (sotadvāravīthi) (iii) The process connected with the nose-door (ghāndadvāravīthi) (iv) The process connected with the tongue-door (jivhādvāravīthi) (v) The process connected with the body-door (kāyadvāravīthi) (vi) The process connected with the mind-door (manodvāravīthi)”
This is a simple answer to your question… but I am curious, why did you ask this question? Why is this important to you?
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Bhavaṅga The bhavaṅga citta, mentioned earlier, is the primary form of mind. It flows from conception to death except when interrupted by a stimulus through one of the sense doors. When a stimulus enters, consciousness becomes active, launching into a thought process (citta vīthi). Thought processes have been analysed in great detail in the Abhidhamma. A complete thought process, occurring through the physical sense doors, is made up of seventeen thought moments (citta khaṇa). These are: 1) A bhavaṅga that flows by in a passive state when one of the five physical sense organs comes in contact with its object (atīta bhavaṅga). 2) A bhavaṅga that vibrates for one thought moment (bhavaṅga calana). 3) A bhavaṅga that cuts off the flow (bhavaṅga upaccheda). 10 4) A citta that turns towards the object through the sense door that has been stimulated (pañcadvāra-vajjana). 5) The appropriate sense consciousness; in the case of the eye, for example, eye consciousness (cakkhu viññāṇa). 6) Next a thought moment—the sampaṭicchana citta—which has the function of receiving the object. 7) When the object has been received another thought moment, called the santīraṇa citta, arises, performing the function of investigating the object. 8) The act (kamma) itself, especially if it was a weighty one. 9–15) The object having been determined, the most important stage from an ethical standpoint follows. This stage, called javana, consists of seven consecutive thought moments all having an identical nature. It is at this stage that good or evil is done, depending on whether the cittas have wholesome or unwholesome roots. Therefore, these javana thought moments have roots and also produce new kamma. 17) Following the seventh javana the registering stage occurs, composed of two thought moments called tadālambana. When the second registering citta has perished, the bhavaṅga follows, flowing on until interrupted by another thought process.
http://103.242.110.22/theravadins/English-articles/abhidhamma-in-practice.pdf
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