The Vipassana Dipani
The Manual of Insight
by Mahathera Ledi Sayadaw | 1915 | 21,831 words
The Vipassana-Dipani The Manual of Insight Or The Exposition Of Insight Honor to the Buddha By Mahathera Ledi Sayadaw, Aggamahapandita, D.Litt. Translated into English by Sayadaw U Nyana, Patamagyaw of Masoeyein Monastery Mandalay. Edited by The English Editorial Board...
Consciousness Is Divided Into Six Classes
- Consciousness of sight
- Consciousness of sound
- Consciousness of smell
- Consciousness of taste
- Consciousness of touch
- Consciousness of mind.
- The Consciousness arising at the eye-basis is called the consciousness of sight, and has the function of seeing.
- The Consciousness arising at the ear-basis is called the consciousness of sound, and has the function of hearing.
- The Consciousness arising at the nose-basis is called the consciousness of smell, and has the function of smelling.
- The Consciousness arising at the tongue-basis is called the consciousness of taste, and has the function of tasting.
- The Consciousness arising at the body-basis is called the consciousness of touch, and has the function of touching.
- The Consciousness arising at the heart-basis is called consciousness of mind. In the Arupa-loka, however, mind-consciousness arises without any basis.
The mind-consciousness is again subdivided into four kinds.
- Kama-consciousness
- Rupa-consciousness
- Arupa-consciousness
- Lokuttara-consciousness
a) Of these, Kama-consciousness is that which lies within the jurisdiction of desire prevailing in Kama-loka (Kama-tanha) and is fourfold, thus: Moral (kusala), Immoral (akusala), Resultant (vipaka), and Ineffective (kriya).
b) Rupa-consciousness is the jhanic or ecstatic mind which has become free from Kama-desire but still remains within the jurisdiction of the desire prevailing in Rupa loka (Rupa-tanha) and it is threefold, thus:
- Moral,
- Resultant,
- Ineffective.
c) Arupa consciousness is also the jhanic or ecstatic mind, which has become free from Rupa-desire, but still remains within the jurisdiction of the desire prevailing in the Arupa-loka (Arupa-tanha), and it also is threefold, thus:
- Moral,
- Resultant,
- Ineffective.
d) Lokuttara, or transcendental consciousness is the noble mind (Ariya-citta) which has become free from the threefold desire, and has transcended the three planes, Kama, Rupa and Arupa. It is of two kinds, thus: Noble consciousness in the Path, and Noble consciousness in the fruition.