Dear friend,
If you or others have q. on abhidhamma I would love to help, but please give
the context.
op 24-06-2004 21:25 schreef Blue Eagle op ethnicalthai@...:

> Need help !
> " Manovijnana " means ??

N: I do not know whether you are familiar with cittas arising in processes.
Seeing is a citta, and it arises in a series of cittas. When cittas are
classified as elements we have: mano-dhaatu: the first citta of a process
that adverts to a sense object (colour, sound, etc.), and also the citta
following the sense-cognition (seeing, etc.), called sampaticchana citta,
receiving consciousness, of which there are two types: one kusala
vipaakacitta and one akusalavipaakacitta. Thus three cittas are mano-dhaatu.
The sense-cognitions are pa~ncavi~n~naa.na-dhaatu (five pairs, seeing etc.
one of each kusala vipaakacitta and one akusalavipaakacitta). All other
cittas, no matter they arise in processes or not are
mano-vi~n~naa.na-dhaatu.
Rebirth-consciousness, life-continuum and dying-consciousness do not arise
in processes.
Does this answer your question?
Nina.