The Word of the Buddha The Group of Consciousness

¶ 16And what, bhikkhus, is consciousness? There are these six classes of consciousness, bhikkhus: eye-consciousness, ear-consciousness, nose-consciousness, tongue-consciousness, body-consciousness, mind-consciousness. This is called consciousness, bhikkhus. With the arising of name and form comes the arising of consciousness; with the cessation of name and form comes the cessation of consciousness. Just this Noble Eightfold Path is the way of practice leading to the cessation of consciousness, that is—right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right collectedness.