Mindfulness and Understanding in Buddhist Teachings

 

Citta, Manas and Vinnano

Citta (Mind):

1. Higher Mental Training (Adhicitta Sikkhā) in the Threefold Training (Sikkhā 3):

   • Morality (Sīla), Concentration (Samādhi), Wisdom (Paññā)

2. Meditation on the Mind (Citta Bhāvanā) in the Four Types of Meditation (Bhāvanā 4):

   • Body Meditation (Kāya Bhāvanā), Morality Meditation (Sīla Bhāvanā), Mind Meditation (Citta Bhāvanā), Wisdom Meditation (Paññā Bhāvanā)

3. Path-Mind (Magga Citta) and Fruit-Mind (Phala Citta) in the Noble Eightfold Path (Ariya Magga 8):

   • The path leading to liberation

Mano (Mind):

1. Mental Consciousness (Mano Viññāṇa) as the sixth type of Consciousness in the Six Sense Bases (Viññāṇa Ayatana 6):

   • Perception through the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind

2. Mano in the context of Mental Element (Mano Dhātu):

   • Perception arising from mental activity

Viññāṇa (Consciousness):

1. Eye-Consciousness (Cakkhu Viññāṇa) as the first type of Consciousness in the Six Sense Bases (Viññāṇa Ayatana 6):

   • Perception through the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind

2. Consciousness in the context of the Five Aggregates (Khandha 5):

   • Form (Rūpa), Feeling (Vedanā), Perception (Saññā), Mental Formations (Saṅkhāra), Consciousness (Viññāṇa)