Fourteen non-concurrent formations
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Fourteen non-concurrent formations (Tib. ལྡན་མིན་འདུ་བྱེད་བཅུ་བཞི་, den min dujé chushyi, Wyl. ldan min 'du byed bcu bzhi) mentioned in Vasubandhu's Treasury of Abhidharma:
- acquisition (Wyl. thob pa)
- dispossession (Wyl. ma thob pa)
- same status or similar class (Wyl. skal mnyam / Wyl. ris mthun)
- perceptionless absorption
- perceptionlessness
- absorption of cessation
- life faculty (Wyl. srog gi dbang po)
- birth (Wyl. skye ba)
- abiding (Wyl. gnas pa)
- aging (Wyl. rga ba)
- impermanence (Wyl. mi rtag pa)
- names (Wyl. ming gi tshogs)
- words/phrases (Wyl. tshig gi tshogs)
- letters (Wyl. yi ge'i tshogs)
Note that there are an additional ten non-concurrent formations mentioned in Asanga's Compendium of Abhidharma