<p>In Buddhism, the word &quot;a being&quot; refers to a view that has been conditioned (<a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn23/sn23.002.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SN 23.2</a>; <a href="https://suttacentral.net/sn5.10/en/bodhi?lang=en&amp;reference=main&amp;highlight=false" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SN 5.10</a>). It is not the &quot;being&quot; that engages in conditioning but is the arising of the notion/view of &quot;a being&quot; that is something conditioned.</p>
<p>The doctrine of Dependent Origination (described in SN 12.2) refers to three conditioners:</p>
<ol>
<li>Body conditioner (kayasankharo; the breathing)</li>
<li>Verbal conditioner (vacisankharo; initial &amp; sustained thought)</li>
<li>Mind conditioner (cittasankharo; perception &amp; feeling).</li>
</ol>
<p>The above three conditioners can get stirred up/proliferated by ignorance.</p>
<p>Therefore, the process of conditioning certainly affect the conditioners because the process of conditioning causes the conditioners to proliferate (eg. described in <a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn12/sn12.038.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SN 12.38</a>)
.</p>
<p>For example, we are sitting calmly then suddenly there is an earthquake. The perception of the earthquake gives rise to a proliferation of other perceptions &amp; feelings, many thoughts and causes the breathing to become flurried. This is an example of how the conditioners proliferate when there is ignorance &amp; conditioning.</p>

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<p>We are conditioned beings. Process of conditioning begins at a very early age and continues till we die.</p>
<p>My question is : Does the process of conditioning affect the conditioner ?</p>

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Does the process of conditioning affect the conditioners?
# Does the process of conditioning affect the conditioners?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-11-15)

We are conditioned beings. Process of conditioning begins at a very early age and continues till we die.

My question is : Does the process of conditioning affect the conditioner ?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2023-11-15. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

In Buddhism, the word "a being" refers to a view that has been conditioned ([SN 23.2](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn23/sn23.002.than.html); [SN 5.10](https://suttacentral.net/sn5.10/en/bodhi?lang=en&reference=main&highlight=false)). It is not the "being" that engages in conditioning but is the arising of the notion/view of "a being" that is something conditioned.

The doctrine of Dependent Origination (described in SN 12.2) refers to three conditioners:

1. Body conditioner (kayasankharo; the breathing)
2. Verbal conditioner (vacisankharo; initial & sustained thought)
3. Mind conditioner (cittasankharo; perception & feeling).

The above three conditioners can get stirred up/proliferated by ignorance.

Therefore, the process of conditioning certainly affect the conditioners because the process of conditioning causes the conditioners to proliferate (eg. described in [SN 12.38](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn12/sn12.038.than.html))
.

For example, we are sitting calmly then suddenly there is an earthquake. The perception of the earthquake gives rise to a proliferation of other perceptions & feelings, many thoughts and causes the breathing to become flurried. This is an example of how the conditioners proliferate when there is ignorance & conditioning.


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