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| − | ([[Sanskrit]]; Pāli, [[viññāna]]). [[Consciousness]] or [[awareness]], in both its active, {{Wiki|discriminative}} form of {{Wiki|knowing}}, and its {{Wiki|subliminal}} or {{Wiki|unconscious}} bodily and {{Wiki|psychic}} {{Wiki|functions}}. It is important to realize that [[vijñāna]] means more than the stream of [[mental]] [[awareness]], which the English word ‘[[consciousness]]’ {{Wiki|primarily}} {{Wiki|denotes}}. For example, from the earliest times [[Buddhist]] sources have distinguished six forms of [[vijñāna]] corresponding to the [[six senses]], thus [[eye-consciousness]], [[ear-consciousness]], [[nose-consciousness]], [[taste-consciousness]], [[touch-consciousness]], [[bodily consciousness]], and [[mental]] [[consciousness]]. [[Vijñāna]] thus encompasses both the Western terms ‘{{Wiki|conscious}}’ and ‘{{Wiki|unconscious}}’ and for that reason is difficult to translate by any single term. It is an important element in the [[Buddhist]] {{Wiki|analysis}} of [[human]] nature as the last of the [[five aggregates]] ([[skandhas]]). In the scheme of [[Dependent Origination]] ([[pratītya-samutpāda]]) it forms the third link in the twelvefold series. | + | ([[Sanskrit]]; [[Pāli]], [[viññāna]]). [[Consciousness]] or [[awareness]], in both its active, {{Wiki|discriminative}} [[form]] of {{Wiki|knowing}}, and its {{Wiki|subliminal}} or {{Wiki|unconscious}} [[bodily]] and {{Wiki|psychic}} {{Wiki|functions}}. It is important to realize that [[vijñāna]] means more than the stream of [[mental]] [[awareness]], which the English word ‘[[consciousness]]’ {{Wiki|primarily}} {{Wiki|denotes}}. For example, from the earliest times [[Buddhist]] sources have distinguished six forms of [[vijñāna]] corresponding to the [[six senses]], thus [[eye-consciousness]], [[ear-consciousness]], [[nose-consciousness]], [[taste-consciousness]], [[touch-consciousness]], [[bodily consciousness]], and [[mental]] [[consciousness]]. [[Vijñāna]] thus encompasses both the Western terms ‘{{Wiki|conscious}}’ and ‘{{Wiki|unconscious}}’ and for that [[reason]] is difficult to translate by any single term. It is an important [[element]] in the [[Buddhist]] {{Wiki|analysis}} of [[human]] nature as the last of the [[five aggregates]] ([[skandhas]]). In the scheme of [[Dependent Origination]] ([[pratītya-samutpāda]]) it forms the third link in the twelvefold series. |
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Vijñāna
(Sanskrit; Pāli, viññāna). Consciousness or awareness, in both its active, discriminative form of knowing, and its subliminal or unconscious bodily and psychic functions. It is important to realize that vijñāna means more than the stream of mental awareness, which the English word ‘consciousness’ primarily denotes. For example, from the earliest times Buddhist sources have distinguished six forms of vijñāna corresponding to the six senses, thus eye-consciousness, ear-consciousness, nose-consciousness, taste-consciousness, touch-consciousness, bodily consciousness, and mental consciousness. Vijñāna thus encompasses both the Western terms ‘conscious’ and ‘unconscious’ and for that reason is difficult to translate by any single term. It is an important element in the Buddhist analysis of human nature as the last of the five aggregates (skandhas). In the scheme of Dependent Origination (pratītya-samutpāda) it forms the third link in the twelvefold series.
