The Central Conception of Buddhism and the Meaning of the Word "Dharma" c19.s1.3

c19.s1.3

(2) Because of the double (cause of perception).—It is declared in Scripture: “consciousness, when operating, is conditioned by (elements) of a double kind.” What are they? The sense of vision and colour (for a visual consciousness), and so on (an organ of perception and its respective object for each of the six kinds of consciousness, the last being) the intellect itself and its non-sensuous objects ¹ (for consciousness purely mental).