From: Kumara Bhikkhu
Message: 13399
Date: 2009-03-03
>I like to quote from
>my 'Meanings of Dhamma': < The words citta, mano and vi~n~naa.na are
>the same in meaning, they are the paramattha dhamma that is citta,
>consciousness. We read in the �Kindred Sayings� (II, Nidaana-
>sa.myutta, Ch VII, 61:<Ya.m ca kho eta.m bhikkhave vuccati citta.m
>iti pi mano iti pi vi~n~na.m iti pi...
>Yet this, monks, what we call indeed thought (citta), mind,
>consciousness (by this the untaught manyfolk are not able to feel
>repelled)...>
>However, in different contexts there is a differentiation of terms.
>The aggregate of consciousness is called vi~n~naa.nakkhandha, and it
>includes all cittas. For seeing-consciousness, the word
>cakkhuvi~n~naa.na is used.>