[MD] Being-Aware

[Krimel]

Krimel,

Here's a more simplistic explanation of why the six senses:

5.  Why are there 6 senses (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body-sense and 
mind) in Buddhism?

A.   Because the mind is the most active of the senses, and one of 
the most powerful. It can receive all the sensations of all the 
senses, and memorize them, and accumulate all the good and bad ever 
done, if not intentionally.  It can make us hot with anger and cold 
with fear, red with embarrassment and pale with sorrow.  It is also 
an element that is experiencing and consciousness, which makes it 
hard for it to recognize itself.


  http://www.dhammastudy.com/faq5.html

[Krimel]
Mind? What is that? Where is it located? What does it do? All of the old
unanswered questions bubble forth. What you seem to be referring to is
perception or making sense of the senses.