• Vijñāna (redirect from Vinnana)
    Vijñāna (Sanskrit: विज्ञान) or viññāṇa (Pali: विञ्ञाण) is translated as "consciousness", "life force", "mind", or "discernment". The term vijñāna is mentioned...
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  • nikayas to refer to the mind, the others being citta and viññāṇa. Manas, citta, and viññāṇa are each sometimes used in the generic and non-technical sense...
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    "Nibbana is not viññāṇa. Really, it just isn't". Sujato’s Blog. "Nibbana is still not Viññāṇa". Sujato’s Blog. "Nibbana remains not Vinnana". Sujato’s Blog...
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  • terms used in the Nikaya to refer to the mind, the others being manas and viññāṇa. Each is sometimes used in the generic and non-technical sense of "mind"...
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    form (rūpa)   4 elements (mahābhūta)         ↓     contact (phassa)     ↓ ↑   consciousness (viññāna)  ...
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    the Buddha teaches that all five aggregates, including consciousness (viññana, which was held by Brahmins to be eternal), arise due to dependent origination...
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  • action or act. "consciousness" (Skt. विज्ञान (vijñāna), Pāli विञ्ञाण (viññāṇa), Tib. རྣམ་ཤེས། (sna'i rnam par shes pa); Ch. 識 (shí)): "discrimination"...
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  • volitional formations, these formations condition, in turn, the consciousness (viññāna). The Buddha elaborated: 'What one intends, what one arranges, and what...
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  • when an ear and sound are present, the associated consciousness (Pali: viññāṇa) arises. The arising of these three elements (dhātu) – ear, sound and ear-related...
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  • Early Buddhist scriptures describe the "stream of consciousness" (Pali; viññāna-sota) where it is referred to as the Mind Stream. The practice of mindfulness...
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