user21208: As per buddhism what is the difference between volition and intention?
If there is any difference what is right pali word for volition and what is right pali word for intention?
I presume sankhara is volition. and cetnā is intention.
There are other word also that we should throw light. they are Chanda, and Sankappa, vaci sankhara. kaya sankhara.
And If you answer is that they are same then.
(1) the wastrn philosopher descriminates that.
(2) Moreover  There is volition in every feeling/phassa  as said by buddha.  When we do breath observation.There is intention to observe breath and that is boosted time and again. But at the same time there is volition to scratch/move my body or to suffer my bodily pain.. there must be different between this two volition. isn't it.?
I guess one of the two(volition/intention) is conscious and other is unconscious!!

user19249: I want to answer - mostly my own question - without starting a new thread and because the topic is similar.  Prior, I was under the impression these two ideas, volition and intention, are different, but for all intensive purposes they are the same.  mind(citta) has 7 primary mental factors(cetasika):  feeling(vedana), perception (sanna), voltion(cetana), one-pointedness(ekagatta), life faculty (jivitindriya), attention(manasikara), contact (phassa).
The metal factors come together to form mindset(citta).
The text (dhamma) basically says volition (cetana) is kamma (A 6.63). Although this is completely true, I would point out that actions without intention  - underlying tendencies(anusaya) and karmic imprint(bija) - rely on the karma principle.  This is quite clearly stated in SN 12.38.  Even though every moment presents a choice, it's not practical.  I don't choose to make my tea in the morning, it just happens from habit.  The other side of this coin indicates a acute awareness of our choices.  Does being more aware of choice produce altered outcomes?  Sometimes. Does ignorance absolve one of karma?  My guess is no.  That only intentional acts produce karma is misleading.  Things happen all the time without our being aware, but that doesn't mean the process of causality skips a beat.
If there is a distinction to be made between intention and choice, I would opine it's expectation; intention implies expectation, but that's minutia I suppose.

21208: <p>As per buddhism what is the difference between volition and intention?</p>
<p>If there is any difference what is right pali word for volition and what is right pali word for intention?
I presume sankhara is volition. and cetnā is intention.</p>
<p>There are other word also that we should throw light. they are Chanda, and Sankappa, vaci sankhara. kaya sankhara.</p>
<p>And If you answer is that they are same then.</p>
<p>(1) the wastrn philosopher descriminates that.</p>
<p>(2) Moreover  There is volition in every feeling/phassa  as said by buddha.  When we do breath observation.<strong>There is intention to observe breath and that is boosted time and again. But at the same time there is volition to scratch/move my body</strong> or to suffer my bodily pain.. there must be different between this two volition. isn't it.?</p>
<p>I guess one of the two(volition/intention) is conscious and <strong>other is unconscious</strong>!!</p>
 19249: <p>I want to answer - mostly my own question - without starting a new thread and because the topic is similar.  Prior, I was under the impression these two ideas, volition and intention, are different, but for all intensive purposes they are the same.  mind(citta) has 7 primary mental factors(cetasika):  feeling(vedana), perception (sanna), voltion(cetana), one-pointedness(ekagatta), life faculty (jivitindriya), attention(manasikara), contact (phassa).<br />
The metal factors come together to form mindset(citta).</p>
<p>The text (dhamma) basically says volition (cetana) is kamma (<a href="https://legacy.suttacentral.net/en/an6.63" rel="nofollow noreferrer">A 6.63</a>). Although this is completely true, I would point out that actions without intention  - underlying tendencies(anusaya) and karmic imprint(bija) - rely on the karma principle.  This is quite clearly stated in <a href="https://suttacentral.net/sn12.38/en/sujato?layout=plain&amp;reference=none&amp;notes=asterisk&amp;highlight=false&amp;script=latin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SN 12.38</a>.  Even though every moment presents a choice, it's not practical.  I don't choose to make my tea in the morning, it just happens from habit.  The other side of this coin indicates a acute awareness of our choices.  Does being more aware of choice produce altered outcomes?  Sometimes. Does ignorance absolve one of karma?  My guess is no.  That only intentional acts produce karma is misleading.  Things happen all the time without our being aware, but that doesn't mean the process of causality skips a beat.</p>
<p>If there is a distinction to be made between intention and choice, I would opine it's expectation; intention implies expectation, but that's minutia I suppose.</p>
