Functions of Citta in the Sense-Door Process and in the Mind-Door Process - Dvi-pañca- viññānas II
Another function of citta is the function of smelling (in Pāli: ghāyana-
kicca). Two cittas which are both ahetuka can perform this function : one is
akusala vipāka and one is kusala vipāka.
There are two kinds of ahetuka citta which can perform the function of
tasting (in Pāli: sayana-kicca) : one is akusala vipāka and one is kusala
vipāka. When the citta which performs this function tastes, for example, a
sweet or salty flavour, it merely experiences that taste; it does not know the
name of the taste. The cittas which know the conventional name of the taste
arise later on.
The function of experiencing impressions through the body-sense
(in Pāli: phusana-kicca) is another function of citta. When an object
contacts the body-sense, the pañca-dvārāvajjana-citta adverts to the object
through the doorway of the body-sense. It is succeeded by body-
consciousness (kāya- viññāna) which performs the function of
experiencing an impression through the body-sense. Two kinds of citta which
are both ahetuka can perform this function: one is akusala vipāka and one
is kusala vipāka. The objects experienced by kāya-viññāna are the rūpas
which are: solidity (experienced as hardness or softness), temperature
(experienced as heat or cold), motion (experienced as motion or pressure).
Thus, summarizing the functions performed by the cittas which are the pañca-
viññānas, they are:
the function of seeing (dassana-kicca)
the function of hearing (savana-kicca)
the function of smelling (ghāyana-kicca)
the function of tasting (sāyana-kicca)
the function of experiencing bodily impressions (phusana kicca)