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**Dwerfsd** · 11-13-2011, 05:14 PM

having clarified the Pali word 'sankhara' in the previous two threads, the word 'sankhara' used in the Anapanasati means 'conditioner' or 'fabricator' (rather than 'condition', 'formation' or 'fabrication'), as follows:

But what is the bodily fabricator (kaya sankhara)? What is the verbal fabricator (vaci sankhara)? What is mental fabricator (citta sankhara)?"

In-&-out breaths are the bodily fabricator. Directed thought & evaluation are the verbal fabricator. Perceptions & feelings are the mental (mind) fabricator.

Having first directed one's thoughts and made an evaluation, one then breaks out into speech. That's why directed thought & evaluation are verbal fabricators.

MN 44

11-13-2011, 05:14 PM	#2
Dwerfsd Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 387 Senior Member	having clarified the Pali word 'sankhara' in the previous two threads, the word 'sankhara' used in the Anapanasati means 'conditioner' or 'fabricator' (rather than 'condition', 'formation' or 'fabrication'), as follows: But what is the bodily fabricator (kaya sankhara)? What is the verbal fabricator (vaci sankhara)? What is mental fabricator (citta sankhara)?" In-&-out breaths are the bodily fabricator. Directed thought & evaluation are the verbal fabricator. Perceptions & feelings are the mental (mind) fabricator. Having first directed one's thoughts and made an evaluation, one then breaks out into speech. That's why directed thought & evaluation are verbal fabricators. MN 44
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