[Eagevawax]

What is citta? İs it something different than a consciousness? Or citta is a part of consciousness? If one has only pure consciousness? Then what does it mean? We all know that consciousness (citta) has different states. No matter enlightened or not, consciousness gets into these states...So a continuous enlightenment is not possible, because at sleeping, citta again might get into turbulance (during dreaming)...If citta has turbulance, that means enlightenment does not prevail continuously...

With compassion,

Citta = the mind-heart

Consciousness = naked awareness that enables seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, cognition via the six senses

Mere consciousness means just seeing, just hearing, just tasting, etc, without any conceptual commentary

Pure consciousness is dependent upon a pure citta. Pure consciousness is consciousness free from greed, hatred & delusion but pure consciousness can only occur when the citta is pure because defilement (impurity) is a product of the citta

Consciousness is not citta. Citta is not consciousness. They are two different aspects/functions of mind. Please look within!

What is aware of a turbulant citta? Consciousness. What is aware of a non-turbulant citta? Consciousness

Also, fully enlightened beings have no turbulance, whether during awake or asleep

Kind regards