[MD] Being-Aware

[MarshaV]

At 12:55 PM 9/27/2008, you wrote:
>Krimel,
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>Here's a more simplistic explanation of why the six senses:
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>5.  Why are there 6 senses (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body-sense and
>mind) in Buddhism?
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>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.
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>
>   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.


Krimel,

You are such a scientific realist.

You might know that Western science has only recently been interested 
understanding mind, but mind has been a study of Buddhists for a 
very, very long time.  This is the sense of mind in Buddhism.

Try this:  http://www.geocities.com/buddhism2001/mind.html


Marsha




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