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Paramattha

paramattha

Ultimate reality

literally: highest meaning

In Abhidhamma, paramattha-dhamma denotes phenomena that are real in the ultimate sense, irreducible to conventional designations. Four are enumerated: consciousness (citta), mental factors (cetasika), matter (rūpa), and the unconditioned (nibbāna).

In short

The four ultimate realities: citta, cetasika, rūpa, nibbāna.

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