Mind ⏳
Mind, and its objective sphere, phenomena, are the sixth pair of the six sense bases. What the first five of the six sense bases signify is obvious enough, but the sixth pair may require some elaboration. The mind base comprises all six types of consciousness arisen from sense impression and is also the passive flow of consciousness from which active conceptual consciousness emerges. All entities not cognized through the other sense bases constitute the phenomena base. The phenomena base then includes the other three mental aggregates—feeling, perception, and volitional formations—as well as “mental objects” such as those apprehended by introspection, imagination, and reflection.
References
- Bodhi, Bhikkhu. (2005). In the Buddha’s Words An Anthology of Discourses From the Pali Canon Chapter IX. SHINING THE LIGHT OF WISDOM (Location 5351). Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications.
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