Perception
Viññāṇalakkhaṇapañha (Mil 3.3 12)
‘What, Nāgasena, is the distinguishing characteristic of perception (Viññāṇa)?’
‘Recognition, great king.’
‘Give me an illustration.’
‘It is like the case of the guardian of a city who, when seated at the cross roads in the middle of the city, could see a man coming from the East, or the South, or the West, or the North. In the same way, O king, he knows an object which he sees with his eye, or a sound which he hears with his ear, or an odour which he smells by his nose, or a taste which he experiences with his tongue, or a touchable thing which he touches with his body, or a quality that he recognises by his mind. Thus is it, great king, that knowing is the mark of perception.’
‘Very good, Nāgasena!’
‘Recognition, great king.’
‘Give me an illustration.’
‘It is like the case of the guardian of a city who, when seated at the cross roads in the middle of the city, could see a man coming from the East, or the South, or the West, or the North. In the same way, O king, he knows an object which he sees with his eye, or a sound which he hears with his ear, or an odour which he smells by his nose, or a taste which he experiences with his tongue, or a touchable thing which he touches with his body, or a quality that he recognises by his mind. Thus is it, great king, that knowing is the mark of perception.’
‘Very good, Nāgasena!’
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