Overview
The Floods (Ogha) are the overwhelming currents of defilement (sensuality, existence, views, ignorance) that drown beings in saṃsāra. The Dyad of Floods isolates the specific mental factors responsible for this drowning.
The List
- Oghā dhammā - States that are floods: Like the Taints (Āsavas), the four floods are structurally composed of only three mental factors: Greed (lobha - covering the floods of sensuality and existence), Wrong View (diṭṭhi - covering the flood of views), and Delusion (moha - covering the flood of ignorance).
- No oghā dhammā - States that are not floods: All other mental factors, consciousness, matter, and Nibbāna.
Textual References
- Abhidhamma: Dhammasaṅgaṇī (Duka) – Consolidates the various sutta metaphors for defilement into their precise, ultimate realities.