Mind Door: 1 definition
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Mind Door means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Dhamma Study: CetasikasThen there are bhavanga-cittas and the last two of these, arising before the object is experienced through the mind-door, are specifically designated by a name. The process runs as follows:
- bhavanga calana (vibrating bhavanga)
- bhavangupaccheda (which is in this case the mind-door through which the cittas of the mind-door process will experience the object)
- mind-door-adverting-ccnsciousnes (mano-dvaravajjana-citta)
- 7 javanacitta
- 2 tadarammana-cittas (which may or may not arise) .
After the mind-door process has been completed there are bhavanga-cittas again.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Manodvaravajjana Citta, Kulumba Sutta, Uposathakkhandha Sutta, Avajjana, Arammana, Sense Doors, Vinnana Kicca, Paccavekkhana-nana, Manasikara, Javana, Vishuddhi.
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Search found 32 books and stories containing Mind Door; (plurals include: Mind Doors). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
A Survey of Paramattha Dhammas (by Sujin Boriharnwanaket)
Chapter 10 - Functions of Citta < [Part 2 - Citta]
Chapter 11 - The Duration Of Different Processes < [Part 2 - Citta]
Chapter 23 - The World < [Part 2 - Citta]
Abhidhamma in Daily Life (by Nina Van Gorkom)
Chapter 12 - The Function Of Bhavanga
Chapter 9 - The Ahetuka Cittas Which Are Unknown In Daily Life
A Manual of Abhidhamma (by Nārada Thera)
Summary of Doors < [Chapter III - Miscellaneous Section]
Mind-door Thought-Process < [Chapter IV - Analysis of Thought-Processes]
Summary of Objects < [Chapter III - Miscellaneous Section]
Conditions (by Nina van Gorkom)
Appendix 1 - Sense-door Process
Chapter 4 - Proximity-condition And Contiguity-condition
Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu)
Dependent Origination (vii): Feeling < [Chapter XVII - Dependent Origination (paññā-bhūmi-niddesa)]
The Two Kinds of Concentration < [Chapter IV - The Earth Kasiṇa (Pathavī-kasiṇa-niddesa)]
The 14 Modes of Occurrence of Consciousness < [Chapter XIV - The Aggregates (khandha-niddesa)]
The Buddhist Teaching on Physical Phenomena (by Nina van Gorkom)