Ajahn Paññāvaddho & paticca-samuppada

[sandundhanushka]

@LucasOliveira

The viññāṇa factor in Paṭiccasamuppāda is always referred to as “paṭisandhi viññāṇa.” This is not the normal type of viññāṇa that we refer to as consciousness. Rather, it is the re-linking consciousness that connects one birth to the next. That re-linking consciousness forms the connection between past and future which leads to grasping at the moment of conception. Paṭisandhi viññāṇa is said to be “free of doors,” that is, free of the sense doors.

As far as I know the the term patisandiviññana " is not found in the EBTs . It is a term which is abundantly mentioned in the abhidhamma texts and later commentaries. For a comprehensive study on paticchasamuppāda and nibbana according to early Buddhist texts the nibbana sermons delivered by ven.Katukurende ñānānanda can be helpful. Bhikkhu Anālayo's e-learning course on the Nibbana sermons by Bhikkhu Katukurunde Ñāṇananda - #2 by mikenz66
Thanks.
With metta.