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'''Perception''' (Skt. '' | '''Perception''' (Skt. ''saṃjña''; Tib. [[འདུ་ཤེས་]], ''dushé'', [[Wyl.]] ''‘du shes'') is the third of the [[five skandhas]]. In [[Abhidharma]] literature, it also appears in the list of [[fifty-one mental states]], in the subgroup of [[five ever-present mental states]]. | ||
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
In the [[Khenjuk]],[[Mipham Rinpoche]] says | In the ''[[Khenjuk]]'', [[Mipham Rinpoche]] says: | ||
*Tib. འདུ་ཤེས་ནི་མཚན་མར་འཛིན་པ། | |||
*Perception is apprehending characteristics ([[ | *Perception is apprehending characteristics ([[Rigpa Translations]]) | ||
*Perceptions consist of the grasping of distinguishing features([[Erik Pema Kunsang]]) | *Perceptions consist of the grasping of distinguishing features ([[Erik Pema Kunsang]]) | ||
==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
*Conception (David Karma Choepel<ref>David Karma Choepel: ' | *Conception (David Karma Choepel)<ref>David Karma Choepel: ''‘du shes'' or ''samjna'' is commonly translated as 'perception', but that has several meanings in English and this aggregate refers to only one of them. The aggregate of feeling, part of the aggregate of formations, and the aggregate of consciousness are also perception, and so calling this aggregate perception is potentially confusing and misleading. What this aggregate refers to is the mental process of forming an idea about the object: it is like when one sees a vase and thinks “That is big” or “That is small.” Additionally, in other contexts the word ''‘du shes'' matches the usage of the English words 'conception' or 'idea'.</ref> | ||
*Cognition (Tony Duff | *Cognition (Tony Duff) | ||
*Discernment or recognition (Berzin) | |||
*Identifications (Peter Alan Roberts) | |||
*Mental representations or notions (Cornu) | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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[[Category:Key Terms]] | [[Category:Key Terms]] | ||
[[Category:Abhidharma]] | [[Category:Abhidharma]] | ||
[[Category:Five skandhas]] | |||
[[Category:Fifty-one mental states]] | [[Category:Fifty-one mental states]] | ||
[[Category:Five ever-present factors]] | [[Category:Five ever-present factors]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:55, 23 June 2019
Perception (Skt. saṃjña; Tib. འདུ་ཤེས་, dushé, Wyl. ‘du shes) is the third of the five skandhas. In Abhidharma literature, it also appears in the list of fifty-one mental states, in the subgroup of five ever-present mental states.
Definitions
In the Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche says:
- Tib. འདུ་ཤེས་ནི་མཚན་མར་འཛིན་པ།
- Perception is apprehending characteristics (Rigpa Translations)
- Perceptions consist of the grasping of distinguishing features (Erik Pema Kunsang)
Alternative Translations
- Conception (David Karma Choepel)[1]
- Cognition (Tony Duff)
- Discernment or recognition (Berzin)
- Identifications (Peter Alan Roberts)
- Mental representations or notions (Cornu)
Notes
- ↑ David Karma Choepel: ‘du shes or samjna is commonly translated as 'perception', but that has several meanings in English and this aggregate refers to only one of them. The aggregate of feeling, part of the aggregate of formations, and the aggregate of consciousness are also perception, and so calling this aggregate perception is potentially confusing and misleading. What this aggregate refers to is the mental process of forming an idea about the object: it is like when one sees a vase and thinks “That is big” or “That is small.” Additionally, in other contexts the word ‘du shes matches the usage of the English words 'conception' or 'idea'.