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'''Intention''' (Skt. ''cetanā''; Tib. [[སེམས་པ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''sems pa'') — 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]]. | '''Intention''' (Skt. ''cetanā''; Tib. [[སེམས་པ་]], ''sempa'', [[Wyl.]] ''sems pa'') — 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. སེམས་པ་ནི་སེམས་ཡུལ་ལ་གཡོ་ཞིང་འཇུག་པ། | *Tib. སེམས་པ་ནི་སེམས་ཡུལ་ལ་གཡོ་ཞིང་འཇུག་པ། | ||
*Intention is the mind moving towards and engaging with an [[object]] ([[ | *Intention is the mind moving towards and engaging with an [[object]] ([[Rigpa Translations]]) | ||
*Attraction describes the process of mind [attention] moving towards and becoming involved with an object ([[Erik Pema Kunsang]]) | *Attraction describes the process of mind [attention] moving towards and becoming involved with an object ([[Erik Pema Kunsang]]) | ||
In terms of support, there are six, such as 'intention upon the meeting of the eye' [i.e. between object, sense faculty and [[consciousness]]], and so on. | In terms of support, there are six, such as 'intention upon the meeting of the eye' [i.e. between object, sense faculty and [[consciousness]]], and so on. | ||
[[The Ornament of Abhidharma]] says that if there is intention, it focuses on the [[six types of object|six objects]], and it makes the mind actually manifest and move toward its object, like iron to a magnet. It can be divided into six, in relation to the six (faculties). Its function is to give rise to the actions of body and speech. | ''[[The Ornament of Abhidharma]]'' says that if there is intention, it focuses on the [[six types of object|six objects]], and it makes the mind actually manifest and move toward its object, like iron to a magnet. It can be divided into six, in relation to the six (faculties). Its function is to give rise to the actions of body and speech. | ||
==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
*attraction ([[Erik Pema Kunsang]]) | *attraction ([[Erik Pema Kunsang]]) | ||
* | *mental urge (Berzin) | ||
* | *volition (David Karma Choepel, Gyurme Dorje, Tony Duff) | ||
*resolve (Karl Brunnholz) | |||
[[Category:Abhidharma]] | [[Category:Abhidharma]] | ||
[[Category:Fifty-one mental states]] | [[Category:Fifty-one mental states]] | ||
[[Category:Five ever-present factors]] | [[Category:Five ever-present factors]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:54, 18 September 2018
Intention (Skt. cetanā; Tib. སེམས་པ་, sempa, Wyl. sems pa) — 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. སེམས་པ་ནི་སེམས་ཡུལ་ལ་གཡོ་ཞིང་འཇུག་པ།
- Intention is the mind moving towards and engaging with an object (Rigpa Translations)
- Attraction describes the process of mind [attention] moving towards and becoming involved with an object (Erik Pema Kunsang)
In terms of support, there are six, such as 'intention upon the meeting of the eye' [i.e. between object, sense faculty and consciousness], and so on.
The Ornament of Abhidharma says that if there is intention, it focuses on the six objects, and it makes the mind actually manifest and move toward its object, like iron to a magnet. It can be divided into six, in relation to the six (faculties). Its function is to give rise to the actions of body and speech.
Alternative Translations
- attraction (Erik Pema Kunsang)
- mental urge (Berzin)
- volition (David Karma Choepel, Gyurme Dorje, Tony Duff)
- resolve (Karl Brunnholz)