Dear Dimitry,

Thanks for pointing our Swearer's article to me. It's very useful.

It's good to see that your name in Cyrillic comes out properly in Outlook
Express (I've just changed to OE).

Sukhi.

P.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Дмитрий Алексеевич Ивахненко (Dimitry A. Ivakhnenko)"
<koleso@...>
To: "Frank Kuan" <Pali@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Pali] sanna, perception, aperception, consciousness cognizing


> Hi Frank,
>
> FK> (having no psychology background) I find the
> FK> distinction between perception and aperception
> FK> confusing. Both seem to involve discriminating using
> FK> memory.
>
> In my opinion perception is more primary, in Buddhist terms it refers
> to the arising of impression (phassa - contact) on the basis of sense
> object, sense organ and consciousness, and consequent categorization,
> emotional reaction and decision. It's a rather general term which in
> some usages includes apperception.
>
> Apperception (ad + perceptio, to perception), refers to the process
> when impression is integrated in life experience, associated with other
> impressions, categorized, classified, given a significance and labeled.
>
> Though these terms are somewhat fuzzy and similar, there's an evident
> difference.
>
> FK> I've also never been clear on what the aggregate of
> FK> consciousness is, and how it differs from the
> FK> aggregate of perception (sanna).
>
> There's a good article on vi~n~naa.na:
> http://sino-sv3.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/FULLTEXT/JR-PHIL/donald.htm
>
> In most cases it means 'cognitive or perceptive consciousness'.
> That's the third component needed for impression to arise. When
> particular sense consciousness is absent, as in case of sleep,
> unconsciousness, deep jhana or concentration on another sense, the
> impression doesn't come to be.
>
> FK> The examples from the sutta really don't shed any
> FK> light on how perception and consciousness differ.
>
> Well, there's another sutta with clearer difference:
> http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/sn22-057.html
>
> Dimitry
>
>
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