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'''Base-knowledge''' ([[ | '''Base-knowledge''' (Skt. ''vastujñāna''; Tib. [[གཞི་ཤེས་]], Wyl. ''gzhi shes'') is the third of the [[eight topics]] of the ''[[Abhisamayalankara]]''. | ||
==Definition== | ==Definition== | ||
Base-knowledge is defined as the limited knowledge that realizes all bases to be empty of the self of the individual. | Base-knowledge is defined as the limited knowledge that realizes all bases to be [[Selflessness of the individual|empty of the self of the individual]]. | ||
==Subdivisions== | ==Subdivisions== | ||
When the actual [base-knowledge] is sub-divided, there is the base-knowledge of the [[shravakas]] and that of the [[pratyekabuddhas]]. | When the actual [base-knowledge] is sub-divided, there is the base-knowledge of the [[shravakas]] and that of the [[pratyekabuddhas]]. | ||
If divisions are made according to how the term is applied, there are five: the base-knowledge that abides in neither existence nor quiescence, the base-knowledge that is distant from the ‘resultant mother’ , the base-knowledge that is close to the ‘resultant mother’, the base-knowledge that is unfavourable and the base-knowledge that is a remedy. | If divisions are made according to how the term is applied, there are five: | ||
*the base-knowledge that abides in neither existence nor quiescence, | |||
*the base-knowledge that is distant from the ‘resultant mother’, | |||
*the base-knowledge that is close to the ‘resultant mother’, | |||
*the base-knowledge that is unfavourable and | |||
*the base-knowledge that is a remedy. | |||
==Parameters== | ==Parameters== | ||
The actual base-knowledge is present on the [[five paths]] of the [[ | The actual base-knowledge is present on the [[five paths]] of the [[basic yana]], but all the noble ones of the [[mahayana]] possess the nominal base-knowledge. It is also said that it is present in the mind-stream of all noble ones. | ||
[[Category:Abhisamayalankara]] | [[Category:Abhisamayalankara]] | ||
[[Category:Eight Topics]] | |||
Latest revision as of 21:33, 4 September 2017
Base-knowledge (Skt. vastujñāna; Tib. གཞི་ཤེས་, Wyl. gzhi shes) is the third of the eight topics of the Abhisamayalankara.
Definition
Base-knowledge is defined as the limited knowledge that realizes all bases to be empty of the self of the individual.
Subdivisions
When the actual [base-knowledge] is sub-divided, there is the base-knowledge of the shravakas and that of the pratyekabuddhas.
If divisions are made according to how the term is applied, there are five:
- the base-knowledge that abides in neither existence nor quiescence,
- the base-knowledge that is distant from the ‘resultant mother’,
- the base-knowledge that is close to the ‘resultant mother’,
- the base-knowledge that is unfavourable and
- the base-knowledge that is a remedy.
Parameters
The actual base-knowledge is present on the five paths of the basic yana, but all the noble ones of the mahayana possess the nominal base-knowledge. It is also said that it is present in the mind-stream of all noble ones.