ED, You can divide the senses into as many categories as you wish. This is not zen. There is only one sense and that is Buddha Nature. As soon as you start dividing experiences up into categories you are lost.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > > > > Five senses or six senses? --ED > > "Ayatana is a Buddhist term that has been translated as "sense base," > "sense-media," or "sense sphere." In Buddhism, there are six internal > sense bases (also known as, "organs", "gates", "doors", "powers" or > "roots") and six external sense bases (or "sense objects"; also known as > "domains"). > > Thus, there are six internal-external (organ-object) pairs of sense > bases: > > * eye and visible objects > * ear and sound > * nose and odor > * tongue and taste > * body and touch > * mind and mental objects > > Buddhism, as well as other Indian epistemologies, identifies six > "senses" as opposed to the Western identification of five. > > In Buddhism, "mind" denotes an internal sense organ which interacts with > sense objects that include sense impressions, feelings, perceptions and > volition. > > Salayatana refers to all six sense objects and six sense organs and is > generally used in the context of the Twelve Causes of the chain of > Dependent Origination." > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayatana > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayatana> > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
