Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.156

c16.156

Further, the external organs are called the gateways of knowledge, while the internal organs the gate-keepers [*Sāṁkhyakārikā*, 35]. The external organs receive immediate impressions from external objects and communicate these to the *antaḥkaraṇa* which by reflection (*manana*), ego-consciousness (*abhimāna*), and determination (*adhyavasāya*) makes them definite and determinate and receives them for the enjoyment of the Purusha (Self).