Fourteen non-concurrent formations

Fourteen non-concurrent formations (T. ལྡན་མིན་འདུ་བྱེད་བཅུ་བཞི་, ldan min 'du byed bcu bzhi) are identified in the Abhidharma-kosha, where they are listed among the seventy-five dharmas:

1. prāpti (T. thob pa) - possession

2. aprāpti (T. ma thob pa) - dispossession

3. sabhāgatā (T. skal mnyam / ris mthun) - homogeneity, same status or similar class

4. asaṃjñāsamāpatti (T. 'du shes med pa'i snyoms 'jug) - meditative attainment of non-discernment

5. asaṃjñika (T. 'du shes med pa) - state of non-discernment

6. nirodhasāmapatti (T. 'gog pa'i snyoms 'jug) - meditative attainment of cessation

7. jīvitendriya (T. srog gi dbang po) - life-force

8-11. four characteristics of conditioned phenomena

8. jāti (T skye ba) - birth, origination

9. sthiti (T. gnas pa) abiding, continuance, maturation, etc.

10. jarā (T. rga ba) - aging, decay, senescence, etc.

11. aniyata (T. mi rtag pa) - impermanence, death, desinence

12-14. nouns, phrases and letters

12. nāmakāya (T. ming gi tshogs) - nouns

13. padakāya (T. tshig gi tshogs) - phrases

14. vyañjanakāya (T.yi ge'i tshogs) - letters

Note that there are ten additional non-concurrent formations mentioned in Asanga's Compendium of Abhidharma

Sources

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Further reading

• Erik Pema Kunsang (translator), Light of Wisdom, Volume 1 (Rangjung Yeshe Publications: 1999), pages 184-185.

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