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)