
Originally Posted by
srivijaya
Good points but perhaps they could be extrapolated. Eye/seeing etc can arise without dependence upon external forms, eye sense consciousness etc, in the dream state for example. In this case, the entire process is mind/consciousness created and contained. It's more than a bit-part player in the accretion of cognition, it enables the entire show.
Obviously this is just the dream state but it serves to demonstrate the capacity of consciousness.
Read the sutta cited; mind has its place with consciousness:
"Manañca paṭicca dhamme ca uppajjati manoviññāṇaṃ"
“Dependant on the mind and phenomena, mind-consciousness arises.”