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Alight, very good ( and to me it seems clear) explanation given in the book "Buddha teaching, its essential meaning". ( I would say probably one of the best books that calrifies some of the key terms).

" MANO AND CITTA
(a) The English word mind is rather carelessly used to
denote the Pali terms mano and citta. Alano, i n strict terminology,
refers to a particular base (dyatana) just as much as cakkhu
(eye) does. On the basis of these certain perceptions
come about. Based on the eye there is seeing; likewise
based on mano there is thinking. That is why the Buddha
always teaches six such bases—these being the six internal
bases (ajjattikani dyatandni), viz., eye-base (cakkhayatana),
ear-base (sotdyatana), nose-base (ghdndyatana)9 tongue-base
(jivhdyatana), body-base (kdydyatana) and mind-base
(mandyatana).
The eye-base refers to two very conspicuous round lumps
of flesh situated i n the head; the ear-base refers to a membrane
called the ear-drum and a fleshy flap projecting out of the
head. Likewise, the mind-base can be considered to be,
i n the main, what is referred to as the grey-matter i n the head.
This description of the mind-base, however, appears inadequate,
for the reason that though there can be no hearing
based on the eye-base or no seeing based on the ear-base (and
so w i t h three other bases), there can be seeing, hearing, smelling,
tasting and touching based on the mind-base. In other
words, based on the mind-base there can be imaginary sights,
imaginary sounds, imaginary smells, imaginary tastes and
imaginary touch. Therefore, from this point of view, the
mind-base can also be regarded as a collection of imaginary
internal bases based on which imaginary percepts come about.

Occasionally we find mano being indifferently used to refer
to imagination or thinking in the same manner that the
English word 'mind5 is used to refer to thinking.
(b) Citta refers to thinking or to mentality. The relationship
that citta bears to mano is similar to that which, for instance,
the eye bears to seeing.
Derived f r om citta is the word cetasika which means mental.
I n the Snttas we further find a dual classification i n to kdyika
(bodily) and cetasika (mental). But this is quite different
from the erroneous but common classification called ' ' m i n d -
and-body5 5 (or ''mind-and-matter5 5 ) wherein m i n d and body
are conceived as two things independent of each other and
together constituting the l i v i n g individual.
There is also no justification for reckoning citta to be the
same as vinndna. Citta involves vinndna. But that does not
mean it is the same as vinnana."



"seeing based on the ear-base (and
so w i t h three other bases)" - he is wrong here, ( human echolocation) still nevetheless you cannot see colors with your ears just forms of external ofjects. ( to see colors you must have certain cells present) Maybe thats the point that was made. ( you cannot hear taste your ears )