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'''Concentration''' (Skt. ''samādhi''; Tib. [[ཏིང་འཛིན་]], Wyl. ''ting ‘dzin'') — 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 object-determining mental states]]. | '''Concentration''' (Skt. ''samādhi''; Tib. [[ཏིང་འཛིན་]], ''tingdzin'', [[Wyl.]] ''ting ‘dzin'') — 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 object-determining mental states]]. | ||
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== |
Revision as of 06:22, 4 January 2018
Concentration (Skt. samādhi; Tib. ཏིང་འཛིན་, tingdzin, Wyl. ting ‘dzin) — 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 object-determining mental states.
Definitions
In the Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche says:
- Tib. ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་ནི་བརྟག་པའི་དངོས་པོ་ལ་སེམས་རྩེ་གཅིག་པ་ཤེས་པའི་རྟེན་བྱེད་པའི་ལས་ཅན་ནོ།
- Concentration is to have a one-pointed mind with regard to the examined entity. Its function is to support [correct] cognition. (Rigpa Translations)
- Concentration means to have one-pointed mind with regard to the examined object. Its function is to support [right] cognition.(Erik Pema Kunsang)
Alternative Translations
- Meditative stability (Gyurme Dorje))
- samādhi or concentration (Tony Duff)
Notes