>[Marsha]
>There are six senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste and
>mind. Perceptual awareness may be of a mental pattern. These six
>senses of perception seem to cover everything.
>
>[Krimel]
>The number of senses is a bit arbitrary. Them as several senses that get
>lumped under touch: pain, proprioception, balance, and heat to name the
>most obvious. But "mind" is most assuredly not a "sense".
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
Marsha
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Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.........
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