Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject Theology - Miscellaneous, grade: 3.80, course: Master Degree in Buddhist Studies, language: English, abstract: The Dhammasangani is a summary of the key principles of the other six books of the Pali Abhidhamma Pitaka. Its contents was written according to the Buddha's teaching, which uncover every latent and functional bits of our subtler interior strata that comprises the 89 consciousness, the 52 mental concomitants, and total 279 corporeal phenomena-explicitly analyse and explain these often unseen complexities within us, from the psychological, philosophical, moral and ethical aspects. This is a book which lays the solid foundation theories and principles for its practical side of the Samantha-Vipassana.

The present work is the result of almost a year of inquiry into the fundamental tenets of the Dhammasangani in the Theravada school of Abhidhamma. There were daunting yet enriching challenges in the preparation of the work such as the encounters with sometimes the ambiguous or different explanations for certain terms and principles from some of the translated modern literatures of the Dhammasangani. For such cases I made consultation to the Pali texts of the Dhammasangani, to its commentary Atthasalini and the sub-commentary Dhammasangani-Mulatika. Subsequent consultations to the Pali-English dictionaries by P.T.S. and others, are also sometimes faced with different renderings. My decision in such cases was including all their suggested meanings relevant to that context, and sometimes giving my recommended choice to what looked like is the obvious answer, and stating my reasons whenever that was necessary.
An Anatomy of Mind. Being Essence of the Dhammasangani in Abhidhamma, Tan Poh Beng, Grin Publishing, Paperback, 308 pp, $71.50

The author graduated with an M.A. in Buddhist Studies in summer 2015, from the International Buddhist College in Thailand. He is pursuing a Ph.D in Buddhist Studies (in the track of Theravada Buddhism) starting from August, 2015 at the Mahidol University, Thailand.

CONTENTS: An Anatomy of Mind
ABBREVIATIONS USED			VIII
PREFACE			IX
INTRODUCTION			1
CHAPTER 1 (MATIKA)			9
	Brief Description of the Matrix (Matika)		9
	The 22 Triads (Tika Matika)		9
	The 100 Dyads (Duka Matika)		12
	The 42 Suttantika (Suttantika Duka Matika)		16
CHAPTER 2 (CITTUPPADA)			25
	The 89 States of Consciousness at a Glance		25
	The Sensuous-Sphere States of Consciousness		31
	The Fine-Material-Sphere States of Consciousness		43
	The Immaterial-Sphere States of Consciousness		47
	The Transcendental-Sphere States of Consciousness		50
CHAPTER 3 (CETASIKAS)			55
	The Classification and Exposition of Cetasikas		55
	The 52 Cetasikas at a Glance		57
	The 7 Common 'Universal' Concomitants		59
	The 6 'Occasionals' Concomitants		61
	The 4 'Unwholesome-Universals'		63
	The 10 'Unwholesome-Occasionals'		64
	The 25 'Beautiful' Concomitants		66
		The 19 'Beautiful-Universals' (Sobhana Sadharana Cetasikas)	67
		The 3 'Beautiful-Abstinences' (Virati Cetasikas)	72
		The 2 'Beautiful-Illimitables' (Appamanna Cetasikas)	73
		The 'Beautiful Non-Delusional' (Pannindriya Cetasika)	74
	The "Or-Whatsoever" Factors		75
	Relating the 52 Cetasikas with the Cittas by a Table		77
	Association of the Cetasikas with the Different Cittas		85
	Combinations of the Cetasikas Relating to the Different Cittas		89
		Concomitants of the sense-sphere beautiful consciousness	89
		Concomitants of the sense-sphere unwholesome consciousness	91
		Concomitants of the sense-sphere rootless consciousness	94
		Concomitants of the sublime consciousness	95
		Concomitants of the supramundane consciousness	96
		Fixed and Unfixed adjuncts of the Cetasikas	97
CHAPTER 4 (RUPA)			99
	11 Categories that Analyze and Expound Corporeality		99
	1st Method: 43 Sets Viewed as a Single Category		101
	2nd Method: 104 Sets Viewed by Way of Positive-Negative Dyads		102
	3rd Method: 103 Sets Viewed as Triplet Categories		120
	4th Method: 22 Sets Viewed as Fourfold Categories		138
	5th Method: Viewed as a Fivefold Category		151
	6th Method: Viewed as a Sixfold Category		152
	7th Method: Viewed as a Sevenfold Category		153
	8th Method: Viewed as a Eightfold Category		154
	9th Method: Viewed as a Ninefold Category		155
	10th Method: Viewed as a Tenfold Category		156
	11th Method: Viewed as a Elevenfold Category		157
	Condensed Table of the 11 Methods		160
	The 28 Material Phenomena		176
	The Four Great Essentials		178
	The 24 Derived material Phenomena		178
	Classification of Matter		179
	Groups and Causes of Material Phenomena		181
	Arising of Material Phenomena in the Sensuous Sphere		184
	Death Moment of Material Phenomena		184
	Arising of Material Phenomena in Other Spheres		185
CHAPTER 5 (APPLYING THE MATIKA)			187
	Cluster of the 22 Triads		187
	A Shorter Compilation of the Non-Interrelated Dyads		193
	An Intermediate Compilation of the Non-Interrelated Dyads		193
	The 'Root Cause' Dyads		195
	The 'Pollutant' Dyads		197
	The 'Fetter' Dyads		199
	The 'Bond' Dyads		199
	The 'Raging Current' and 'Yoke' Dyads		201
	The 'Hindrance' Dyads		201
	The 'Attachment' Dyads		202
	The 'Clinging' Dyads		204
	The 'Defilement' Dyads		205
	An End Compilation of the Non-Interrelated Dyads		206
	Further Exposition of the 42 Suttantika Dyads		208
	Questions for Pondering		230
CHAPTER 6 (NIBBANA)			233
CONCLUSION			239
APPENDIX I: ABHIDHAMMA MATIKA			241
APPENDIX II: THE 89 STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS			265
APPENDIX III: CITTUPPADA KANDA (PALI)			270
APPENDIX IV: RELATIONSHIP OF THE CETASIKAS WITH CITTAS (IN PALI)			272
BIBLIOGRAPHY			277
	Primary Reference Sources (English)		277
	Primary Reference Sources (Chinese)		279
	Secondary Reference Sources		280
	External Links		281
ABOUT THE AUTHOR			282
INDEX			283