Back Chitta BCL চিত্ত Bengali/Bangla چیتا (بودیسم) Persian Chitta French चित्त Hindi Չիտտա Armenian 心 (仏教) Japanese 마음 (불교) Korean Čita (sąvoka) Lithuanian Citta NB

Chitta (Buddhism)

For information about the lay disciple of the Buddha, see Citta (disciple).
For the Italian word, see city.
For the defunct legume genus, see Mucuna.

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Citta (Pali and Sanskrit: 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢, pronounced chitta) is one of three overlapping terms used in the Nikaya to refer to the mind, the others being manas and viññāṇa. Each is sometimes used in the generic and non-technical sense of "mind" in general, and the three are sometimes used in sequence to refer to one's mental processes as a whole.[1] However, their primary uses are distinct.[2]

  1. ^ Sue Hamilton, Identity and Experience. LUZAC Oriental, 1996, pages 105-106.
  2. ^ Bodhi, Bhikkhu (trans.) (2000b). The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya. (Part IV is "The Book of the Six Sense Bases (Salayatanavagga)".) Boston: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-331-1., pp. 769-70, n. 154.

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