Template:Chachakka

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Figure: The Pali Canon's Six Sextets:
 
  sense bases  
 
→		   f
e
e
l
i
n
g		    
 
→		   c
r
a
v
i
n
g		    
  "internal"
sense
organs		 <–> "external"
sense
objects		  
 
↓ ↓
↓ contact
↓ ↑
   
consciousness
 		  
 
  1. The six internal sense bases are the eye, ear,
    nose, tongue, body & mind.
  2. The six external sense bases are visible forms,
    sound, odor, flavors, touch & mental objects.
  3. Sense-specific consciousness arises dependent
    on an internal & an external sense base.
  4. Contact is the meeting of an internal sense
    base, external sense base & consciousness.
  5. Feeling is dependent on contact.
  6. Craving is dependent on feeling.
 Source: MN 148 (Thanissaro, 1998)  |  diagram details

Template:Chachakka simplistically diagrams the relationship between entities of the Buddhist framework known as the "Six Sextets" (Pali: cha-chakka). This framework is found throughtout the Pali Canon.[1] The six sextets are:

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{{Chachakka}} — transcludes the template as shown here.
{{Chachakka|figno=1}} — transcludes the template with the phrase "Figure 1" replacing the word "Figure." Any arabic numeral can be passed as a parameter for "figno".

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Examples of well-known discourses (sutta) that reference this framework include the Chachakka Sutta ("The Six Sextets Discourse," MN 148; see, e.g., Thanissaro, 1998) and the Ādittapariyāya Sutta ("Fire Sermon," SN 35.28; see, e.g., Thanissaro, 1993).)

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