Guest guest Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Cit : Intelligence. Cit is wisdom opposed to avidyA. The Sakti-Sutra, "Cit is independent and the cause of the establishment of the universe." The MahAvAsistha, "She [Devi] is called cit, because she is the life of those who desire life." BhAskararAya's Commentary Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Namaste, Can the knowledgeable members elaborate on "cit" and "buddhi". I thought "cit" means "consciousness" and "buddhi" means "intelligence". In this context what is "intellect"? J. Krishnamurthy clearly differentiates between the two. pranams, -- krishna kumar --- NMadasamy <nmadasamy wrote: > > Cit : Intelligence. > > Cit is wisdom opposed to avidyA. The Sakti-Sutra, > "Cit is independent > and the cause of the establishment of the universe." > The > MahAvAsistha, "She [Devi] is called cit, because she > is the life of > those who desire life." > > BhAskararAya's Commentary > Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Hi Krishna: These entries from Subramuniyaswami's "Hindu Lexicon" may be useful to you: chit: (Sanskrit) "Consciousness" or "awareness." Philosophically, "pure awareness; transcendent consciousness," as in Sat-chit-ananda. In mundane usage, chit means "perception; consciousness." buddhi: (Sanskrit) "Intellect, reason, logic." The intellectual or disciplined mind. Buddhi is characterized by discrimination (viveka), voluntary restraint (vairagya), cultivation of calmness (shanti), contentment (santosha) and forgiveness (kshama). It is a faculty of manomaya kosha, the instinctive-intellectual sheath. buddhi chitta: (Sanskrit) "Intellectual mind." DB , Krishnakumar Mattekkat <krishna_kumar_m> wrote: > Namaste, > > Can the knowledgeable members elaborate on "cit" and > "buddhi". I thought "cit" means "consciousness" and > "buddhi" means "intelligence". In this context what > is "intellect"? J. Krishnamurthy clearly > differentiates between the two. > > pranams, > > -- krishna kumar > > --- NMadasamy <nmadasamy@s...> > wrote: > > > > > Cit : Intelligence. > > > > Cit is wisdom opposed to avidyA. The Sakti-Sutra, > > "Cit is independent > > and the cause of the establishment of the universe." > > The > > MahAvAsistha, "She [Devi] is called cit, because she > > is the life of > > those who desire life." > > > > BhAskararAya's Commentary > > Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 "CitiH means 'consciousness' or Chit-KalA. The consciousness counterpart in everybody corresponds to the Chit in Sat, Chit, Ananda, and also PrakAsAmsa in KAma-KalA." - Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary, 1962 , "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy@s...> wrote: > > Cit : Intelligence. > > Cit is wisdom opposed to avidyA. The Sakti-Sutra, "Cit is independent > and the cause of the establishment of the universe." The > MahAvAsistha, "She [Devi] is called cit, because she is the life of > those who desire life." > > BhAskararAya's Commentary > Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 re: cit, buddhi and intellect if cit means consciousness and buddhi means intelligence then intellect i would say refers to that quality of mind that stores information and analyzes it the issue may be one of paradigm, linear vs. non-linear intellect exists within a linear paradigm while consciousness and intelligence exist within a non-linear paradigm for one cannot touch or contain consciousness or intelligence, or precisely define it or its limits to me this is a sign of a non-physical specie of phenomenon the distinction between consciousness, intelligence, and intellect to me would be: intellect refers to the individual conscious mind, housed in the body intellect stores and accesses memory banks and information, and analyzes its experiences intelligence is a capacity for consciousness as consciousness expands, the individual mind may expand to become aware of the minds of others a correlate of intelligence might be gnosis, or intuitive means of knowing there are many stories of how as consciousness expanded, intuitive knowing increased in mystics and saints consciousness is nonlinear it exists in the individual as being sentient of the self yet, in terms of god-realization, individual consciousness is a transitory state based in separativeness allow me to explain from the vantage point of god-realization, there is only consciousness and we exist as individuals dwelling in separateness who are capable of a level of consciousness as our individual consciousness expands, we move toward oneness and perceiving more of the one consciousness that is all that there is one who becomes god-realize (very, very rare) becomes conscious that he/she is consciousness itself and becomes conscious of all things those who attain higher states of consciousness experience the consciousness of birds, animals, trees, and other people as the self i hope this serves you dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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