Guest guest Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 Dear Shailendra,That which goes by the general name " Mind " has four functions to perform. Those are (1) Speculating (2) Confirming (3) Asserting and (4) Storing. Accordingly mind has four names also, depending upon the function it performs. These names are purely notional. They are (1) manas (2) buddhi (3) ahankara and (4) chittam. Chittam is a storage house where all the earlier actions and samskaras are stored. It is altogether different from Chit of Sat-Chit-Aananda. Chit is essential nature of Atman, which is of the nature of Consciousness. So, Chittam and Chit represent entirely two different things.PS: " chiti roopena ya kritsnam " is not from Devi Sooktam. It is from Devi Maahatmyam. The full sloka is:chiti rupena ya kritsnam etad vyapya sthita jagat namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namah.Meaning: Who pervades the entire universe as the Consciouss principle, to her I salute, I salue and I salute again.With regards,Anupam. On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 7:24 AM, bhatnagar_shailendra <bhatnagar_shailendra wrote: Namaste, I have read that chitta is the memory aspect of mind and in sat-chit- ananda, it means the consciousness. Another usage is in Devisooktam chiti roopena ya kristnam ... Can somebody explain the word and its multiple usages . thanks, Shailendra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 --- Sir, plz clarify my doubt that the function of the Brain (mind) is same in all living beings with different degrees or not?becoz animals also posses certain amout of memory(chitta)by which only they coud recognise their food.They also posses buddhi(power of discretion) by which only they could rcgnjse their enemy and friend bagawan_sastry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Dear Sri Bhagavan ji, > --- Sir, > plz clarify my doubt that the function of the Brain (mind) is > same in all living beings with different degrees or not?becoz animals > also posses certain amout of memory(chitta)by which only they coud > recognise their food.They also posses buddhi(power of discretion) > by which only they could rcgnjse their enemy and friend > bagawan_sastry > All the beings (including human beings) have mind and all the four faculties of the mind. But, in human beings the possibility for development of Buddhi (through which one can identify the right course of action) is more compared with animals. With regards, Anupam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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