• 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • a corresponding theory of Sense impression (phassa) and consciousness (viññana). Various frameworks for the practice of mindfulness (sati), mainly, the...
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  • "evolving consciousness" (Pali: samvattanika viññana, M.1.256) or a "stream of consciousness" (Pali: viññana sotam, D.3.105) as that which transmigrates...
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  • and Viññāṇa. Rather than forcing an assignment of the Pali Buddhist terms with an English equivalent Sugunasiri allocates Citta, Mano, and Viññāṇa each...
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    Pali: samvattanika-viññana) or stream of consciousness (Sanskrit: citta-santāna, vijñāna-srotām, or vijñāna-santāna; Pali: viññana-sotam) upon death,...
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    Some Buddhist texts suggest that rebirth occurs through the transfer of vinnana (consciousness) from one life to another. When this consciousness ceases...
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  • is the fourth of the Twelve Nidānas, preceded by consciousness (Pali: viññāna; Skt.: vijñana) and followed by the six sense bases (Pali: saḷāyatana;...
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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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  • Bhikkhu Bodhi, the post-canonical Pali commentary uses the three terms viññāṇa, mano and citta as synonyms for the mind sense base (mana-ayatana); however...
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  • 𑀓𑀲𑀺𑀦; ākāsa kasiṇa, ākāśa kṛtsna) consciousness (𑀯𑀺𑀜𑁆𑀜𑀸𑀡 𑀓𑀲𑀺𑀦; viññāṇa kasiṇa, vijñāna kṛtsna) in the Pali suttas and some other texts; the bright...
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  • sa˚) 328 sq. (˚tika), 350 sq.; Dukp 17; Vism 177, 454 (fourfold), 456 (˚viññāṇa), 538 (˚paccaya), 545 sq.; VbhA 17, 150 sq. (kusala˚ & akusala), 144, 177...
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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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  • external sense object and the associated consciousness (Skt.: vijnana; Pali: viññāna). (See Figure 1.) In other words: feeling arising from the contact of eye...
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    form (rūpa)   4 elements (mahābhūta)         ↓     contact (phassa)     ↓ ↑   consciousness (viññāna)  ...
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    abolish ignorance one first had to abolish consciousness!" Bucknell: "vinnana: consciousness associated with eye, ear, nose tongue, body, and mind (mano)"...
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  • saṃskāra; Bu: သင်္ခါရ thinkhaya; 行 Cn: xíng; Jp: gyō "consciousness": Pāli: viññāṇa; Sanskrit: vijñāna; Bu: ဝိညာဉ် winyin; 識 Cn: shí; Jp: shiki Sanskrit: pañca...
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  • been a kind of transformed and transcendent consciousness or discernment (viññana) that has "stopped" (nirodhena). According to Harvey this nirvanic consciousness...
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  • sound object are present, the associated auditory consciousness (Pali: viññāṇa) arises. The arising of these three elements (dhātu) – ear-sense, sound...
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  • twelve sense bases (āyatana), the associated six sense-consciousness (viññaṇa), and the resultant contact (phassa) and sensations (vedanā). Similarly...
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  • derived from the Sanskrit word Vijñāna. Vijñāna (Sanskrit: विज्ञान) or viññāṇa (Pali: विञ्ञाण) is translated as "consciousness", "life force", "mind"...
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  • three terms used by the Buddha for consciousness, namely, Mano, Citta and Viññāṇa as can be seen in his work on the triune mind. Looking into the fields...
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    Hamilton argues that citta is best translated as "state of mind" while viññāṇa is "consciousness of" (Hamilton, 2001, pp. 105-114). Mahaggata is literally...
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  • mother of the Buddha as well as a metaphor for the consciousness aggregate (viññana). The Theravada monk Bhikkhu Bodhi considers the Pali Pheṇapiṇḍūpama Sutta...
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