Even though 'subverbal' is not in the English dictionary, it is a concept used in the EBT regularly. Since late Theravada and corrupt monks try to justify their redefinition of jhana and vitakka by claiming the Buddha did not have existing pali terms to describe subverbal activity, and had to 'borrow' vitakka and redefine it into a subverbal meaning for first jhana, this short article will expose their fraudulent claim with incontrovertible evidence showing otherwise.
subverbal: (not in Eng. dictionary)
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EBT compliant definition of 'subverbal': mental co-activities (citta Saṅ-khārā) that underlie thoughts you think
V&V💭 before you say them out loud (vāca). The most frequent subverbal activity terms used by the Buddha, is perceptions (sañña) and attention (manasi karoti) to perceptions.
✅samādhi nimittas, Dhamma, sati and Dhamma-vicaya span the whole range from verbal to vitakka and subverbal activity. Example: After
V&V💭 ceases in first jhana,
S&S🐘💭 continues as subverbal mental processing from 2nd jhana on up. Even in Abhidhamma,
31asb🧟 and
Vimt. use verbal recitation of body parts as the entry into that meditation, and mental recitation
V&V💭 continues into first jhana, then becomes
S&S🐘💭 in 2nd jhana on up.
AN 9.41: See the perceptions and attention that underly vitakka (thinking) referenced in 2nd and first jhana.
MN 18,
AN 4.41: hierarchy of vinnana, vedana, sanna, vitakka.
MN 20 this is a 2nd and first jhana context - vitakka Saṅ-khārā underly and precede vitakka (directed thoughts)
AN 3.60 meditator with mind reading superpower can "hear" mental talk
V&V💭 of first jhana meditators, and can directly perceive the mind of the subverbal mano-saṅkhārā of meditators in 2nd jhana and above.
⛔ vitakka in first jhana does not mean
subverbal, as late Abhidhamma redefines it. It always means directed thoughts. Vism. apologists and corrupt monks who try to redefine jhana and vitakka claim that vitakka is subverbal, because the Buddha did not have existing words to describe subverbal activity. As you can see from above, there's already a rich selection of existing terms to describe subverbal activity, being used in jhana and samadhi context.
subverbal
not in English dictionary
The word verbal means “relating to words.” The prefix sub- means “below” or “under” or something similar. So subverbal means “below the level of words.” Exactly what that implies would depend very much on the context, since subverbal is not a word you will find in the dictionary.
EBT definitions
See
V&V💭 first jhana section synopsis, for comprehensive analysis and how subverbal fits in the context of the oral tradition, relationship to speech and thoughts (of mental talk).
cambridge dictionary
1. spoken rather than written:
2. a verbal agreement/description/explanation
example: Airport officials received a stream of verbal abuse from angry passengers whose flights had been delayed.
More examples
Do you have it down in writing, or was it just a verbal agreement?
He had apparently experienced a lot of verbal abuse from his co-workers.
He launched into a verbal attack on her handling of the finances.
Sales assistants are often at the receiving end of verbal abuse from customers.
Many strikebreakers were subjected to verbal and physical attacks.
Merriam webster dictionary
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a : of, relating to, or consisting of words verbal instructions
b : of, relating to, or involving words rather than meaning or substance a consistency that is merely verbal and scholastic— B. N. Cardozo
c : consisting of or using words only and not involving action verbal abuse
2 : of, relating to, or formed from a verb a verbal adjective
3 : spoken rather than written a verbal contract
4 : verbatim, word-for-word a verbal translation
5 : of or relating to facility in the use and comprehension of words verbal aptitude
verbal noun
Definition of verbal (Entry 2 of 2)
: a word that combines characteristics of a verb with those of a noun or adjective — compare gerund, infinitive, participle
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