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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]]. | '''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== | ==Definitions== | ||
In the [[Khenjuk]],[[Mipham Rinpoche]] says | 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 is a mind apprehending the object of focus ([[▷RIGPA]]) | ||
*Attention describes the process of the mind fixating upon the object concerned ([[Erik Pema Kunsang]]) | *Attention describes the process of the mind fixating upon the object concerned ([[Erik Pema Kunsang]]) | ||
==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
* | *mental engagement ([[▷PKT]], Berzin) | ||
[[Category:Key Terms]] | [[Category:Key Terms]] | ||
Revision as of 12:25, 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)