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<noinclude>'''Four variables''' (Skt. ''aniyata''; [[Wyl.]] ''gzhan ‘gyur bzhi'') — a set of four mental states which are part of the [[fifty-one mental states]], so-called because their nature (virtuous, non-virtuous or neutral) varies according to one's motivation and other accompanying mental states. They are: | <noinclude>'''Four variables''' (Skt. ''aniyata''; Tib. [[གཞན་འགྱུར་བཞི་]], [[Wyl.]] ''gzhan ‘gyur bzhi'') — a set of four mental states which are part of the [[fifty-one mental states]], so-called because their nature (virtuous, non-virtuous or neutral) varies according to one's motivation and other accompanying mental states. They are: | ||
</noinclude>#sleep (Skt. ''middha''; Tib. [[གཉིད་]], Wyl. ''gnyid'') | </noinclude>#sleep (Skt. ''middha''; Tib. [[གཉིད་]], Wyl. ''gnyid'') | ||
Revision as of 16:59, 4 March 2011
Four variables (Skt. aniyata; Tib. གཞན་འགྱུར་བཞི་, Wyl. gzhan ‘gyur bzhi) — a set of four mental states which are part of the fifty-one mental states, so-called because their nature (virtuous, non-virtuous or neutral) varies according to one's motivation and other accompanying mental states. They are:
- sleep (Skt. middha; Tib. གཉིད་, Wyl. gnyid)
- regret (Skt. kaukṛtya; Tib. འགྱོད་པ་, Wyl. ‘gyod pa)
- conception (Skt. vitarka; Tib. རྟོག་པ་, Wyl. rtog pa)
- discernment (Skt. vicāra; Tib. དཔྱོད་པ་, Wyl. dpyod pa)
Alternative Translations
- four changeable mental factors
- .
- remorse, contrition
- reasoning, investigation, examination
- analysis