{"id":226911,"date":"2023-01-16T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=226911"},"modified":"2023-01-06T05:50:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T05:50:42","slug":"consciousness-vinnana-sutta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/01\/consciousness-vinnana-sutta\/","title":{"rendered":"Consciousness: Vi\u00f1\u00f1ana Sutta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/tiny-buddha-avatar-logo.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-108948 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/tiny-buddha-avatar-logo-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/tiny-buddha-avatar-logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/tiny-buddha-avatar-logo.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At Savatthi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Monks, eye-consciousness is inconstant, changeable, alterable. Ear-consciousness&#8230; Nose-consciousness&#8230; Tongue-consciousness&#8230; Body-consciousness&#8230; Intellect-consciousness is inconstant, changeable, alterable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One who has conviction &amp; belief that these phenomena are this way is called a faith-follower: one who has entered the orderliness of rightness, entered the plane of people of integrity, transcended the plane of the run-of-the-mill. He is incapable of doing any deed by which he might be reborn in hell, in the animal womb, or in the realm of hungry shades. He is incapable of passing away until he has realized the fruit of stream-entry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One who, after pondering with a modicum of discernment, has accepted that these phenomena are this way is called a Dhamma-follower: one who has entered the orderliness of rightness, entered the plane of people of integrity, transcended the plane of the run-of-the-mill. He is incapable of doing any deed by which he might be reborn in hell, in the animal womb, or in the realm of hungry shades. He is incapable of passing away until he has realized the fruit of stream-entry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One who knows and sees that these phenomena are this way is called a stream-enterer, steadfast, never again destined for states of woe, headed for self-awakening.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>______________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The purpose of this website is to propagate Buddha Dharma to the whole world. As we all know that this is the Dharma-Ending age, Buddhism is getting weaker whereas our worldly desires grow stronger. As said before by Shakyamuni Buddha (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/buddhasutra.com\/files\/scripture_preached_by_the_buddha.htm\" >Scripture Preached by the Buddha on the Total Extinction of the Dharma<\/a>), in this Dharma-Ending age all Buddhist-Sutras will disappear slowly one by one, starting with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/buddhasutra.com\/files\/shurangama_sutra.htm\" >Shurangama Sutra<\/a> and the last one to be <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/buddhasutra.com\/files\/infinite_life_sutra.htm\" >Amitabha Infinite Life Sutra<\/a>. After the first sutra is gone, the world will start to enter a chaotic time where evil deeds will become daily routines. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><em>Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu<\/em><br \/>\n<em>For free distribution only<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/buddhasutra.com\/files\/vinnana_sutta.htm\" >Go to Original \u2013 buddhasutra.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Monks, eye-consciousness is inconstant, changeable, alterable. Ear-consciousness&#8230; Nose-consciousness&#8230; Tongue-consciousness&#8230; Body-consciousness&#8230; Intellect-consciousness is inconstant, changeable, alterable.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":108948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[1198,2063],"class_list":["post-226911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spirituality","tag-buddhism","tag-sutras"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}