Dhātu

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Dhātu ( Sanskrit : धातु) sometimes means something like element or part of a whole. Your analysis in Buddhism includes, among other things, phenomena based on addiction.

Four dhātu

The four Dhātu or also called four elements (earth, water, fire and wind) form the physical form according to Buddhist terminology.

Eighteen dhātu

The eighteen Dhātu or eighteen elements are of central importance in Buddhism , since they form the basis of feelings . They are made up of the five sense organs and the mind, which are connected to the six external objects and the resulting consciousness:

  • Eye (cakkhudhātu), visual object (rūpadhātu), visual awareness (cakkhuviññānadhātu)
  • Ear (sotadhātu), hearing object (saddhadhātu), hearing consciousness (sotaviññānadhātu)
  • Nose (ghānadhātu), olfactory object (ghandhadhātu), olfactory awareness (ghānaviññānadhātu)
  • Tongue (jivhādhātu), taste object (rasadhātu), taste consciousness (jivhāviññānadhātu)
  • Body (kāyadhātu), body touch (potthabhadhātu), body awareness (kāyaviññānadhātu)
  • Mind (manodhātu), mental object (dhammadhātu), mind-consciousness (manoviññānadhātu)

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://webapps.uni-koeln.de/tamil/
  2. ↑ Edited by Ram Karan Sharma: Researches in Indian and Buddhist philosophy: Essays in Honor of Professor Alex Wayman. First edition. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1993, pp. 105-118.
  3. ↑ http://www.palikanon.com/visuddhi/vis11_01.html
  4. ↑ http://www.palikanon.com/wtb/dhatu.html#dhatu_vavatth%C3%A1na
  5. ↑ Heinz Bechert, R. Gombrich: The Buddhism: history and present. 1st edition. Beck, Munich, 2000, p. 45.
  6. ↑ Edited by Ram Karan Sharma: Researches in Indian and Buddhist philosophy: Essays in Honor of Professor Alex Wayman. First edition. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1993, pp. 105.