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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
- Attention or mental engagement (▷PKT)