New answers tagged consciousness
0
votes
How do we hear the sound of our thoughts?
The 3 sets of 6 sensory spheres.
So there has to be form of sound, as in a tree falling in the woods, then the organ of contact, the ear, ear drum etc, then the mental consciousness of sound, the ...
- 900
2
votes
How do we hear the sound of our thoughts?
I recommend deep concentration meditation then study Abhidhamma to see the realities arising and vanishing in practice to keep the insight meditation in 7 years 7 months 7 days. Don't waste the time ...
- 6,312
-1
votes
How do we hear the sound of our thoughts?
Anything that is heard is ear-consciousness. The so-called sound of thoughts or inner-speech is also ear-consciousness, that is what I think. What is not ear-consciousness is the Worldwide Hum - ...
- 1,611
-1
votes
What distinction is made between "awareness" and "consciousness"?
This is how I understand it:
Sense Consciousness is composed of the 5 sense bases plus mind which has mental formations (fundamentally perception of the other 5 sense consciousnesses) as its sense ...
- 17
2
votes
What distinction is made between "awareness" and "consciousness"?
I think the reverse is true.
Consciousness is simply awareness without any engagement. Consciousness is primordial to awareness.
- 21
0
votes
What happens to consciousness/awareness when entering Paranirvana?
The scope of the Dhamma is for a purpose, that purpose is to end suffering.
To do that one must reach the far shore, and realise dispassion and weariness towards the world, the joyful and peaceful ...
- 315
Top 50 recent answers are included