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'''Main mind''' (Tib. གཙོ་སེམས་, ''tso sem''; [[Wyl.]] ''gtso sems''), | '''Main mind''' (Tib. གཙོ་སེམས་, ''tso sem''; [[Wyl.]] ''gtso sems''), in Buddhist psychology and epistemology, refers to the [[six consciousnesses|six]] or [[eight consciousnesses|eight sets of consciousness]]. It is distinguished from the mental states or processes, usually listed as [[fifty-one mental states|fifty-one]] in number, which are said to perceive the features of objects, while main mind perceives only their basic identity. | ||
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Revision as of 19:44, 29 May 2011
Main mind (Tib. གཙོ་སེམས་, tso sem; Wyl. gtso sems), in Buddhist psychology and epistemology, refers to the six or eight sets of consciousness. It is distinguished from the mental states or processes, usually listed as fifty-one in number, which are said to perceive the features of objects, while main mind perceives only their basic identity.