Buddhaghosa · Theology

Deeds Without a Doer: Kamma, Rebirth, and the Mind

Buddhaghosa&rsquo;s <em>Abhidhamma</em> analysis of experience into momentary events of consciousness (<em>citta</em>) and mental factors (<em>cetasika</em>), and how kamma and rebirth can operate through this impersonal stream with no enduring self - deeds occur and results occur, but there is no doer behind them.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Buddhaghosa analyses the mind into fleeting moments of consciousness ( citta ) and their mental factors ( cetasika ), that kamma is intentional action producing fruit within this stream, and that rebirth continues the causal stream without any self passing across - &lsquo;deeds are, but no doer is fou…

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