Abhidhamma in Daily Life

Preface — Explains the purpose of studying Abhidhamma as a means to understand realities and develop right understanding. 1. The Four Paramattha Dhammas — Introduces ultimate realities: citta, cetasika, rūpa, and nibbāna. 2. The Five Khandhas — Explains the aggregates as conditioned realities subject to arising and falling away. 3. Different Aspects of Citta — Discusses consciousness, kamma, vipāka, and the continuity of cittas. 4. The Characteristic of Lobha — Analyzes attachment and its different manifestations. 5. Different Degrees of Lobha — Presents subtle and coarse forms of attachment. 6. The Characteristic of Dosa — Explains aversion, anger, fear, and related unwholesome states. 7. Ignorance — Discusses moha as ignorance of ultimate realities and the Four Noble Truths. 8. Ahetuka Cittas — Introduces rootless consciousness, including sense-consciousness. 9. Ahetuka Cittas which are Unknown in Daily Life — Explains less obvious rootless cittas in cognitive processes. 10. The First Citta in Life — Discusses rebirth-consciousness and the beginning of a lifespan. 11. Different Types of Rebirth-Consciousness — Classifies rebirth according to kamma and planes of existence. 12. The Function of Bhavanga — Explains life-continuum consciousness. 13. Functions of Citta — Presents different functions performed by consciousness. 14. The Function of Javana — Explains impulsion moments and their ethical significance. 15. The Functions of Tadārammaṇa and Cuti — Discusses registering consciousness and death-consciousness. 16. Objects and Doors — Explains how cittas experience objects through six doors. 17. Doors and Physical Bases of Citta — Connects consciousness with physical sense bases. 18. Elements — Analyzes realities through the framework of elements. 19. The Sobhana Cittas in our Life — Introduces beautiful consciousness and wholesome mental factors. 20. Planes of Existence — Surveys realms of rebirth in Buddhist cosmology. 21. Samatha — Explains tranquil meditation and its conditions. 22. Jhānacittas — Discusses absorption consciousness and jhāna factors. 23. Lokuttara Cittas — Explains supramundane consciousness experiencing nibbāna. 24. Enlightenment — Presents the stages of enlightenment and eradication of defilements.