Inner organ of mind (Hinduism)

In Hindu philosophy, the inner organ of mind is that part of the mind with which: impressions are conducted from the external world and the thoughts - [manas]

; discriminated - [buddhi]

; and stored and remembered - [citta]

. The [antahkarana]

is activated by reflecting the consciousness of the one Self - [Atman]

. However it is also the seat of the ego - [ahankara]

, where the feeling of "I am" as an individual - and subsequently of "I am something separate from the one Self" is based.