Concurrence of Logical Antecedents in more detail


The process of perception 

1. Concurrence of Antecedents (paṭicca samuppāda), the process that mistakenly creates an existence of a subject and an object begins from a state of Absolute Unconsciousness (Avijjā). 

2. From this state of Absolute unconsciousness, mental Construction (Sankhāra) begins. 

3. The building materials used for construction are the subjective feelings (Vedanā) and the objective sensations (Saññā). 

4. Objective Sensations (Saññā) become the building material for the Cognitive Process that builds the world

5. Subjective Feelings (Vedanā) become the building material for the Affective Process that builds the self

6. First arises the cognitive process of construction, which is Perception (Viññāṇa), the rudimentary awareness that distinguishes between one object and another. 

7. When perception is completed, the five constituents of perception comes into being: 

                     a) Mental Image (rūpa

                     b) Feeling (vedanā

                     c) Sensation (saññā

                     d) Construction (sankhāra

                     e) Perception (viññāṇa). 


The continuation of these constitutes of perception is not a static existence of an entity but the continuity of a process of activity that continues without end like the continuity of a flame that is dependent on the necessary conditions. This activity can stop only when the necessary conditions are absent.









Concurrence of Logical Antecedents in more detail