What does it mean by radiant consciousness?

[SarathW]

Can someone explain the meaning of the following:

“Radiant is this consciousness,” (pabhassaram idam cittam) says the Buddha in
the Anguttara Nikāya vol. 1, p. 10. According to the commentator the Buddha
was thus referring to the rebirth-consciousness

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I found further information please refer to page 329 of the link below. It does not make any sense to me:

http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/buddh ... gsurw6.pdf


This rebirth-consciousness is regarded as pure as it is either devoid of immoral roots of lust, hatred, and delusion accompanied by moral roots.


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Further information :
consciousness is regarded as “radiant”
(pabhassara) as it is either devoid of immoral
roots of lust, hatred and delusion (as in the case of
‘rootless resultants—ahetukavipàka), or accompanied
by moral roots (as in the case of ‘resultants with roots’).

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Please also see page 315 and 316 for death and rebirth thought moments.

http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/abhidhamma.pdf

[mikenz66]

Here are some previous discussions:

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=7878
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=12817
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=7584


Mike

[SarathW]

Hi Mike
Thanks. The links were very helpful.

[SarathW]

Interesting article re this subject:



We may now consider another situation. When a child is born, s/he has no ‘world’, but for the parents, there is an arrival of a newborn baby to their world. Up to about three months, the infant may not be able to identify an object with the use of five sense organs and the mind. Although the infant possesses the five very important abilities (seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and feeling born of body contact), the infant lacks the skill or the knowledge for classification or identification of individual objects or beings with the use of those abilities. The infant’s mind was described by the Buddha as "Pabhassara midam Bhikkave Chittam, Agantukehi sankilitthena Sankilittham" - 'Pure indeed is the original mind. It is contaminated by the external contaminant'’. The external contaminants reach the mind through the senses. The processing and storing of information received through the contacts made by the senses with the external world lead to the contamination of the pure mind.




http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php ... 25,0,0,1,0

[SarathW]

Thanks to Bhikkhu Gavesako, I found some useful information in this subject in another link. Understanding this subject is a must for an statute meditater.

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

[mikenz66]

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Mike

[Gena1480]

what is the purpose of your question?

[SarathW]

Hi Mike.
Sorry, I think my question is related to Abhidhamma.

Hi Gena.
I was looking for an answer (further explanation) to this question for a long time. Now I found the answer so I thought I will share it with the forum members for their benefit.

[Gena1480]

so what have you found?

[SarathW]

Samatha meditation or first stages of Vipassana meditation bring your mind to the radiant consciousness level (attachment and aversion is suppressed but ignorance not yet eradicated) from that you develop last stages ofVipassana meditation and realise Nirvana.

[mikenz66]

Hi Mike.
Sorry, I think my question is related to Abhidhamma.

Yes, but I removed some answers that were not.


Mike