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Carlos Vivanco

Citta or chitta is a term used in Buddhism to refer to the mind. It is one of three overlapping terms used in the nikaya to refer to the mind, the others being manas and viññāṇa. The Pali–English Dictionary translates citta as heart or heart-mind, emphasizing it as more the emotive side of the mind, as opposed to manas as the intellect in the sense of what grasps mental objects (dhamma). Citta is the object of meditation in the third part of Satipatthana, also called Four Foundations of Mindfulness 1. In Indian Psychology, chitta is the seat and organ of thought 1. It represents the mind, thoughts, emotions, or in a nutshell the metaphysics of our mind.