CONSCIOUSNESS

What is CONSCIOUSNESS

It is a phenomenon of

“EXPERIENCEING” or

“KNOWING”or

“COGNIZING”

Phenomenon of consciousness is “A flow, a flux, constantly changing, constantly coming and going, never

remaining the same”

What are we “EXPERIENCING?”

Seeing: Eye-Consciousness Hearing: Ear-Consciousness Tasting: Taste-Consciousness Smelling: Smell-Consciousness Touching: Body-Consciousness Knowing: Mind-Consciousness

Phenomenon of Seeing:

“EYE-CONSCIOUSNESS”

Phenomenon of Hearing: “EAR- CONSCIOUSNESS”

Phenomenon of Smelling:

SMELL- CONSCIOUSNESS

Phenomenon of Tasting: “TASTE- CONSCIOUSNESS”

Phenomenon of Touching: “BODY- CONSCIOUSNESS”

Phenomenon of Thinking:

“MIND- CONSCIOUSNESS”

In an ultimate sense, it is the

“CONSCIOUSNESS” that does everything.

So, it is an Ultimate Reality.

Ask about the mango simile to understand this

profound truth

CLASSIFICATIONof

CONSCIOUSNESS

Criteria: 1. Uniqueness of Experience2. The utility; function of

Experience3. The manifestation of

Experience4. The Immediate Cause of

Experience

Unwholesome

Rooted in Greed

Rooted in Hatred

Rooted in Delusion

Resultant

Five Senses

Receiving

Investigat-ing

Registering

Rebirth-Linking

Death

S u b c o n s c i o u s n e s s

Types of consciousness

SUBCONSCIOUSNESS

Made-up of stored-up karma, memory, reactions, etc

A resultant-state; seed-like; Potentiality Does not become consciousness until it gains

enough strength through conditionality

Subservient to consciousness Does not co-exist with consciousness Serves as the life-continuum; the undercurrent Fuel (energy) for the continuity of existence

DeterminingConsciousness

Action/Karma/Volition(Wholesome

or Unwholesome Consciousness

)Sense-

EnablingConsciousness

Sense Consciousness

(Eye, Ear,

Smell, Taste, Touch)

ReceivingConsciousness

S u b c o n s c i o u s n e s s

Order of CONSCIOUSNESS

InvestigatingConsciousness

Registering Consciousne

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What’s the Point ?

To understand the following and remove delusion (ego):

All our experiences at the most intimate level are nothing but “consciousness”;

There is no “I” in Consciousness; No

permanent entity:

There is no one single-consciousness but

many ;

The order of consciousness is fixed. No ruler

of it.

Knowing this,

Let us abandon the ‘self’ (ego)

Let us become free of greed, hatred, and

delusion

Let us become free from all suffering &

imperfections

Let us experience freedom and peace