Āyatana, the Buddha's forgotten teaching

Abstract

or 'support' (see . Similarly, in (ŚB) 2.5.1.12 it signifies a 'foundation'. Likewise, in ŚB 6.2.1.14 and ŚB 11.8.1.3 āyatana refers to a ritual-religious 'home' (see also . And in CU 6.8.2 and 6.8.6-7 it means a resting place for the mind, repeated also in other passages where the mind (manas) is an āyatana in the sense of 'refuge' (in CU 5.1.5, CU 5.1.13-14, BU 6.1.5, BU 6.1.14, and BU 6.3.2).