Related:: [[Vinnana|Viññāṇa]], [[Mano]], [[Kilesa]] # Citta (Mind) ## Citta is Radiant, but Corrupted into [[Vinnana|Viññāṇa]] > [!NOTE] Citta is Radiant, but corrupted by [[Kilesa]] — In Paṇihitaacchavagga ([AN1.49](https://suttacentral.net/an1.41-50/en/sujato)) > *“==**Pabhassaramidaṁ**, bhikkhave, **cittaṁ**.==* > “This **mind (i.e. ==undefiled consciousness==)**, mendicants, is **==radiant==**. > > *Tañca kho **āgantukehi upakkilesehi** upakkiliṭṭhan”ti.* > But it’s corrupted by **passing corruptions**.” ^citta-radiant ![[SN22.100 Dutiyagaddulabaddhasutta#^citta-corruption-purification]] ### Citta -> Viññāṇakhanda in 9 Stages ![[(Best) {Vilas Blog} From Ignorance to Awakening#^9-stages-vinnana]] > [!NOTE] Best talks on subject > - [[(2022-08-12) Meditation to cleanse the Citta]] ([Youtube](https://youtu.be/APuW3ZUO9qE)) ## Citta Changes Quickly > [!NOTE] Citta changes quickly — In Paṇihitaacchavagga ([AN1.48](https://suttacentral.net/an1.41-50/en/sujato)) > “Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that’s as **quick to change as the mind**. > _“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ **lahuparivattaṁ yathayidaṁ cittaṁ**._ > > So much so that it’s **not easy to give a simile** for how quickly the mind changes.” > _Yāvañcidaṁ, bhikkhave, **upamāpi na sukarā** yāva lahuparivattaṁ cittan”ti._ ## Observing the Citta (Cittānupassanā, part of [[Satipatthana|Satipaṭṭhāna]]) ![[MN10 Satipaṭṭhānasutta#^cittanupassi]] ## Purifying the Citta ![[MN19 Dvedhāvitakkasutta.md#^purification-of-citta]] ## Mind is the Best Painter!! ![[SN22.100 Dutiyagaddulabaddhasutta#^citta-picturesque-painter]] ## Vidoes - **(Best)** (2023-09-09) Mind purification through 9 stages of consciousness ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C8OdgHhObo)) - [[(2023-02-01) How to understand Citta + What is Citta]] ## Suttas #### On [[Citta]] & [[Vinnana|Viññāṇa]] - AN1.41-50 Paṇihitaacchavagga ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an1.41-50/en/sujato), [[link|link]], [[video|video]]) - [[SN22.100 Dutiyagaddulabaddhasutta]] - Best "Movie" to watch is the Mind itself :) - [[MN38 Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhayasutta]] ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn38/en/sujato)) - _Vinnana_ burns on the "eye", like _Fire_ burning on the "logs" - (Very good) [[SN22.53 Upayasutta]] ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn22.53/en/sujato)) - How Vinnana grasps onto (or "Involved with") the 5 aggregates (Related to [[MN38 Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhayasutta|MN38]]) - SN12.62 Dutiyaassutavāsutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn12.62/en/sujato)) - More clarify on Mind and Consciousness (Citta, Mano, Vinnana)