[166] **Conduct of consciousness (viññāṇacariyā):** In what sense is it conduct of consciousness?
It conducts itself without lust (rāga), thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself without hatred, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself without delusion, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself without conceit (māna), thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself without views (diṭṭhi), thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself without restlessness, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself without doubt, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself without latent tendencies (anusaya), thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself dissociated from lust, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself dissociated from hatred, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself dissociated from delusion, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself dissociated from conceit, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself dissociated from views, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself dissociated from restlessness, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself dissociated from doubt, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself dissociated from latent tendencies, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself dissociated from wholesome kammas, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself dissociated from unwholesome kammas, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself dissociated from blameworthy kammas, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself dissociated from blameless kammas, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself dissociated from dark kammas, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself dissociated from bright kammas, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself dissociated from kammas yielding pleasure, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself dissociated from kammas yielding pain, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself dissociated from kammas with pleasant result (vipāka), thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself dissociated from kammas with painful result, thus it is conduct of consciousness; it conducts itself in what has been cognized, thus it is conduct of consciousness.
Consciousness (viññāṇa) has conduct of such a kind, thus it is conduct of consciousness. This mind (citta) is pure by nature, in the sense of being without defilements, thus it is conduct of consciousness. This is the conduct of consciousness.
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