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==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
In the ''[[Khenjuk]]'',[[Mipham Rinpoche]] says: | In the ''[[Khenjuk]]'', [[Mipham Rinpoche]] says: | ||
*Tib. ཡིད་བྱེད་ནི་དམིགས་པ་ལ་སེམས་འཛིན་པ། | *Tib. ཡིད་བྱེད་ནི་དམིགས་པ་ལ་སེམས་འཛིན་པ། | ||
*Attention is a mind apprehending the object of focus ([[▷RIGPA]]) | *Attention is a mind apprehending the object of focus ([[▷RIGPA]]) | ||
Revision as of 12:26, 20 June 2016
Attention (Skt. manaskāra; Tib. ཡིད་བྱེད་, Wyl. yid byed) — 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. ཡིད་བྱེད་ནི་དམིགས་པ་ལ་སེམས་འཛིན་པ།
- Attention is a mind apprehending the object of focus (▷RIGPA)
- Attention describes the process of the mind fixating upon the object concerned (Erik Pema Kunsang)
Alternative Translations
- mental engagement (▷PKT, Berzin)