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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་]], ''yi jé'', [[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། | *Tib. ཡིད་བྱེད་ནི་དམིགས་པ་ལ་སེམས་འཛིན་པ། | ||
*Attention is a mind apprehending the object of focus ([[ | *Attention is a mind apprehending the object of focus ([[Rigpa Translations]]) | ||
*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]]) | ||
Latest revision as of 23:49, 20 November 2017
Attention (Skt. manaskāra; Tib. ཡིད་བྱེད་, yi jé, 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 Translations)
- Attention describes the process of the mind fixating upon the object concerned (Erik Pema Kunsang)
Alternative Translations
- mental engagement (▷PKT, Berzin)