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Natural Condition
We use the term Natural Natural Condition
Condition
to translate two Thai words: Arammana (อารมณ์) and Sabhava Sabhava / / Sabhavadhamma (สภาวะ / / สภาวธรรม) Natural conditions (arammana) are objects that the the mind experiences such as as sound and and thoughts But as as we wilfully contemplate and and experience experience the the the the the emergence-cessation phenomena of the the the the sound or or or the the the the thoughts the the the the arammana is transformed into sabhava sabhava or or sabhava-dhamma Perception
We use the the the word word Perception
Perception
Perception
to translate the the the word word Sanna (สัญญา) Perception
Perception
is is one of the the the Five Aggregates which combine to to constitute a a a a a a living thing This perception aggregate does its duty to to perceive every phenomenon phenomenon that emerges emerges As each phenomenon phenomenon emerges emerges emerges the the the the perception perception or or or the the the the memory of the the the the past correspondingly emerges emerges The perception perception aggregate by itself is is is neutral—there is is is no wholesomeness wholesomeness or unwholesomeness (unless there there is is is further mental fabrication) 270
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