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I find this passage from the Satipatthana Sutta helpful when recognising different states of mind: "When the mind is constricted, he discerns that the mind is constricted. When the mind is scatt… (View Post)
(Quote) It works the same as the other sense-bases. So mind-consciousness arises in dependence on mind-base and mind-objects. Mind-base is a working mind ( luxury! ), and mind-objects are phenomena l… (View Post)
(Quote) In the suttas consciousness is six-fold, one for each sense base - the mind is also considered as a sense base. So there is eye-consciousness, ear-consciousness, through to mind-consciousness… (View Post)
(Quote) If you view Nirvana as a transcendent reality which one connects with, then it is somewhat comparable to the idea of union in Advaita. A lot of people don't think of Nirvana like that though.… (View Post)