Parent:: [[Pancupadanakkhandha|Pañcupādānakkhandhā]], [[Paticca-samuppada|Paṭicca-samuppāda]], [[Dhatu|Dhātu]] Related:: [[Citta]], [[Nana|Ñāṇa]], [[Namarupa|Nāmarūpa]], [[Phassa]] # Viññāṇa (Defiled Consciousness) ## What is Consciousness? > [!INFO] What is Viññāṇa? > - **Viññāṇa** = **Vi** (without) + **[[Nana|Ñāṇa]]** (knowledge) = The consciousness that does not have any "knowledge" (of what the reality is) > - Viññāṇa plays 2 roles at the same time — the **"Experiencer"** and the **"Experienced"** > - Viññāṇa "knows" (dukkha/sukha/adukkha-asukha) > - It is establised [[#Citta -> Viññāṇakhanda in 9 Stages|9 Stages]] (from [[Citta]] -> Viññāṇa) ![[MN43 Mahāvedallasutta#^vinnana-knows]] ![[SN22.79 Khajjanīyasutta#^why-called-vinnana]] ## The Corruption and Purification of Consciousness ### What is Pure Consciousness? ![[DN11 Kevaṭṭasutta#^vinnanam-anidasannam]] ### How is Consciousness corrupted? ![[Citta#^citta-radiant]] #### [[Citta]] -> Viññāṇakhanda in 9 Stages ![[(Best) {Vilas Blog} From Ignorance to Awakening#^9-stages-vinnana]] > [!info] Also read: [(Blog) Nine stages of Consciousness](https://spiritualessence.in/2023/09/09/nine-stages-of-consciousness/) ([[{Vilas Blog} 9 Stages of Consciousness|notes]]) ## Consciousness arise dependent upon the [[Ayatana|6 Senses]] ![[MN38 Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhayasutta#^vinnana-with-conditions]] ### 6 Types of Consciousness ![[MN148 Chachakkasutta#^6-vinnana-vedana]] ## The Whirlpool of [[Namarupa|Nāmarūpa]] and Viññāṇa ![[DN15 Mahānidānasutta#^namarupa-vinnana-whirlpool]] ## When Consciousness does not become established ![[SN12.64 Atthirāgasutta#^doesnt-land]] ### One who has understood Viññāṇa and Nāmarūpa has "Nothing further to do" ![[SN12.63 Puttamaṁsasutta#^vinnana-parinna-nothing-further-to-do]] ## Consciousness & [[Panna|Wisdom]] ![[MN43 Mahāvedallasutta#^wisdom-developed-consciousness-known]] ## Reads - **(Best)** https://spiritualessence.in/2023/09/09/nine-stages-of-consciousness/ - on 9 Stages of Vinnana ## Notes ![[(2024-05-10) (BEST EVER) (3-Part Series) All about Consciousness & Witness!#^829d1c]] ## Videos - (Best) (2024-05-10) (3-Part Series) All about consciousness in PS cycle ([Youtube](https://youtu.be/RqbgmlkFN3I?si=1QcShKkWRZ5OFk3P))([[(2024-05-10) (BEST EVER) (3-Part Series) All about Consciousness & Witness!|notes]]) - (2024-03-11) Magical illusion of consciousness ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JI_dPDzIFY&t)) - (2023-06-19) (In depth) Consciousness - The greatest magician !! ([Youtube](https://youtu.be/E6PabX8vcPM)) - (2023-06-21) Catching the magician in the act ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKSx200YES8)) - (Best) [[(2022-10-06) (3-part Series) Meditation using Namarupa and Vinnana]] - (Best) [[(2023-04-24) (49 Day Series!) Meditation in just 5 steps (Per MN62)#Day 9 - on Vinnana!]] - On Mano Vinnana - (2024-04-02) How to know yourself on Sotapanna? ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcvoeGWSFYg)) - Vilas on the "mirroring nature" of "Mano vinnana" ## Suttas ![[Citta#On Citta Vinnana Viññāṇa]]