An analytical study of citta and its classification in abhidhamma
International Journal of Development Research
An analytical study of citta and its classification in abhidhamma
Received 20th March, 2019; Received in revised form 17th April, 2019; Accepted 22nd May, 2019; Published online 30th June, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Nguyen Ai Nam. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Citta is one of the four ultimate realities (paramaṭṭha), Citta is translated as consciousness, in Abhidhamma, consciousness (citta) is the pure awareness of the object. Here awareness means just pure awareness, not the awareness we use in meditation. Awareness in meditation is actually mindfulness. In defining the word ‘citta’, awareness means just the bare awareness. It knows that something is there. It is something like that. Consciousness is the pure or bare awareness of the object. It is like water which is clear.
