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The '''five ever-present mental states''' (Skt. ''sarvatraga''; [[Wyl.]] ''kun ‘gro lnga'') are a set of five mental states among the [[fifty-one mental states]], so-called because they always accompany the [[main mind]]. Without them, the main mind could not perceive any objects. They are:
<noinclude>The '''five ever-present mental states''' (Skt. ''sarvatraga''; [[Wyl.]] ''kun ‘gro lnga'') are a set of five mental states among the [[fifty-one mental states]], so-called because they always accompany the [[main mind]]. Without them, the main mind could not perceive any objects. They are:


#Sensation (Skt. ''vedanā''; Wyl. ''tshor ba'')
</noinclude>#Sensation (Skt. ''vedanā''; Tib. [[ཚོར་བ་]], Wyl. ''tshor ba'')
#Perception (Skt. ''saṃjña''; Wyl. ''‘du shes'')
#Perception (Skt. ''saṃjña''; Tib. [[འདུ་ཤེས་]], Wyl. ''‘du shes'')
#Intention (Skt. ''cetanā''; Wyl. ''sems pa'')
#Intention (Skt. ''cetanā''; Tib. [[སེམས་པ་]], Wyl. ''sems pa'')
#Contact (Skt. ''sparśa''; Wyl. ''reg pa'')  
#Contact (Skt. ''sparśa''; Tib. རེག་པ་ or [[རེག་བྱ་]], Wyl. ''reg pa, reg bya'')  
#Attention (Skt. ''manaskāra''; Wyl. ''yid byed'')
#Attention (Skt. ''manaskāra''; Tib. [[ཡིད་བྱེད་]], Wyl. ''yid byed'')<noinclude>


==Alternative Translations==
==Alternative Translations==
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[[Category:Enumerations]]
[[Category:Enumerations]]
[[Category:5-Five]]
[[Category:5-Five]]
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Revision as of 16:54, 4 March 2011

The five ever-present mental states (Skt. sarvatraga; Wyl. kun ‘gro lnga) are a set of five mental states among the fifty-one mental states, so-called because they always accompany the main mind. Without them, the main mind could not perceive any objects. They are:

  1. Sensation (Skt. vedanā; Tib. ཚོར་བ་, Wyl. tshor ba)
  2. Perception (Skt. saṃjña; Tib. འདུ་ཤེས་, Wyl. ‘du shes)
  3. Intention (Skt. cetanā; Tib. སེམས་པ་, Wyl. sems pa)
  4. Contact (Skt. sparśa; Tib. རེག་པ་ or རེག་བྱ་, Wyl. reg pa, reg bya)
  5. Attention (Skt. manaskāra; Tib. ཡིད་བྱེད་, Wyl. yid byed)

Alternative Translations

  1. feeling
  2. discernment
  3. .
  4. .
  5. mental engagement