--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sep 19, 2007, at 8:17 AM, cardemaister wrote: > > > > > Anyone know what's the difference, if any, between > > citta and manas > > > Citta and manas are container and contents respectively. Citta is the > entire mind-field (antah-karana) which include the manas, the buddhi, > ahamkara.
Correct, and to embellish... When the 'chitta' becomes, "like a lamp which does not flicker in a windless place" MMY Gita 6vs19, it reveals the 'undistorted' beauty of its' surroundings, i.e. pure consciousness. "Chitta signifies that aspect of the mind which is a quiet and silent collection of impressions, or seeds of desires. Chitta is like water without ripples, it is called 'manas' or mind when ripples arise." MMY Gita 6vs19 When the chitta is agitated by latent desires (subconscious) it cannot reveal the beauty of its surrounding, much like a flickering candle only poorly reveals its surroundings. Chitta, vritti, niroda....Patanjali. Still (niroda) the whirlpools (vrittis) in the chitta (mind/feeling) or as Christ put it, "Be still and know that I am God".
