Overview
The fifteenth triad of the Abhidhamma Mātikā categorizes phenomena based on whether they lock a being into an unalterable destiny. While most kamma can be mitigated, certain actions and states are so powerful that their result (whether bound for hell or bound for liberation) becomes mathematically fixed and inevitable.
The List
- Micchattaniyatā dhammā - States with fixed wrong destiny: These are the heavy unwholesome kammas (the five heinous crimes) and the fixed, absolute wrong views (strict annihilationism or amoralism) that guarantee immediate rebirth in hell without any possibility of intervention.
- Sammattaniyatā dhammā - States with fixed right destiny: These are the four supramundane paths (Stream-entry, etc.). Once attained, they guarantee the eventual realization of Nibbāna; the being can no longer fall away from this trajectory.
- Aniyatā dhammā - States with unfixed destiny: All other wholesome, unwholesome, resultant, and functional states, as well as physical matter. Their outcomes remain fluid and subject to changing conditions.
Textual References
- Abhidhamma: Dhammasaṅgaṇī (Mātikā 15) – Defines the precise kammic boundaries where free will ends and fixed destiny takes over.