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'''Self-awareness''' (Skt. ''svasaṃvedana''; Tib. [[རང་རིག་]], ''rang rig'', [[Wyl.]] ''rang rig'')
'''Self-awareness''' (Skt. ''svasaṃvedana''; Tib. [[རང་རིག་]], ''rang rig'', [[Wyl.]] ''rang rig'')
The term is used in the sutras, yet also in the Nyingma tantras were it has a slightly different meaning.


==Alternative Translations==
==Alternative Translations==
*apperception
*Reflexive awareness (Padmakara, Adornment of the Middle Way)
*apperceptive self-consciousness
*Self-awareness (Padmakara, Adornment of the Middle Way)
*reflexive awareness
*Self-cognizing awareness
*self-cognizing awareness
*Self-perception
*self-perception
*Self-presenting awareness (Kapstein)
*self-presenting awareness (Kapstein)
*Self-knowing mind (Padmakara, Adornment of the Middle Way)
*Self-knowing consciousness (Padmakara, Adornment of the Middle Way)
*Self-reflexive awareness (John Dunne)
*Apperception
*Apperceptive self-consciousness


For ''rang rig'' as used in the Nyingma Tantras
*Natural awareness


[[Category:Pramana]]
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Latest revision as of 10:15, 24 October 2018

Self-awareness (Skt. svasaṃvedana; Tib. རང་རིག་, rang rig, Wyl. rang rig)

The term is used in the sutras, yet also in the Nyingma tantras were it has a slightly different meaning.

Alternative Translations

  • Reflexive awareness (Padmakara, Adornment of the Middle Way)
  • Self-awareness (Padmakara, Adornment of the Middle Way)
  • Self-cognizing awareness
  • Self-perception
  • Self-presenting awareness (Kapstein)
  • Self-knowing mind (Padmakara, Adornment of the Middle Way)
  • Self-knowing consciousness (Padmakara, Adornment of the Middle Way)
  • Self-reflexive awareness (John Dunne)
  • Apperception
  • Apperceptive self-consciousness

For rang rig as used in the Nyingma Tantras

  • Natural awareness