I hope Pathfider’s earlier questions were resolved with the following comment by Taryal:
“Billions of cittas (and associated cetasikas) collectively form the mind that can think, feel and perceive. The process of Paticca Samuppada includes intentional thoughts.“
- Thank you, Taryal. That summarizes it well. P.S. In fact, cultivating Satipatthana/Anapanasati is all about intentional thoughts, speech, and actions.
- If there are remaining questions, feel free to ask.
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Jittananto’s question: “So what can we say about the divine eye?”
- The divine eye (Dibba cakkhu) is the ability of Devas to see long distances, including other realms (in real-time). Some yogis can cultivate that ability, too.
- That is a much lesser ability than cutupapāda ñāna, which is being able to see one’s own past lives (including those in other realms).