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'''Attention''' (Skt. ''manaskāra''; Tib. [[ཡིད་བྱེད་]], Wyl. ''yid byed'') — one of the [[fifty-one mental states]] defined in [[Abhidharma]] literature. According to the [[Compendium of Abhidharma]], it belongs to the subgroup of the [[five ever-present mental states]].
'''Attention''' (Skt. ''manaskāra''; Tib. [[ཡིད་བྱེད་]], Wyl. ''yid byed'') — one of the [[fifty-one mental states]] defined in [[Abhidharma]] literature. According to the ''[[Compendium of Abhidharma]]'', it belongs to the subgroup of the [[five ever-present mental states]].


==Definitions==
==Definitions==
In the [[Khenjuk]],[[Mipham Rinpoche]] says
In the ''[[Khenjuk]]'',[[Mipham Rinpoche]] says:
(Tib. ཡིད་བྱེད་ནི་དམིགས་པ་ལ་སེམས་འཛིན་པ།)<br/>
*Tib. ཡིད་བྱེད་ནི་དམིགས་པ་ལ་སེམས་འཛིན་པ།
*Attention is a mind apprehending the object of focus ([[▷RIGPA]])
*Attention is a mind apprehending the object of focus ([[▷RIGPA]])
*Attention describes the process of the mind fixating upon the object concerned ([[Erik Pema Kunsang]])
*Attention describes the process of the mind fixating upon the object concerned ([[Erik Pema Kunsang]])


==Alternative Translations==
==Alternative Translations==
*Attention or mental engagement ([[▷PKT]])
*mental engagement ([[▷PKT]], Berzin)
 


[[Category:Key Terms]]
[[Category:Key Terms]]

Revision as of 12:25, 20 June 2016

Attention (Skt. manaskāra; Tib. ཡིད་བྱེད་, Wyl. yid byed) — one of the fifty-one mental states defined in Abhidharma literature. According to the Compendium of Abhidharma, it belongs to the subgroup of the five ever-present mental states.

Definitions

In the Khenjuk,Mipham Rinpoche says:

  • Tib. ཡིད་བྱེད་ནི་དམིགས་པ་ལ་སེམས་འཛིན་པ།
  • Attention is a mind apprehending the object of focus (▷RIGPA)
  • Attention describes the process of the mind fixating upon the object concerned (Erik Pema Kunsang)

Alternative Translations

  • mental engagement (▷PKT, Berzin)