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'''Indivisible moments of consciousness''' (Skt. ''ekakṣaṇa''; Tib. ཤེས་པ་སྐད་ཅིག་ཆ་མེད་, ''shepa kechik chamé'', [[Wyl.]] ''shes pa skad cig cha med'') — the basis for coarser levels of consciousness according to lower schools of Buddhist philosophy, such as the [[Vaibhashika]]s. | '''Indivisible moments of consciousness''' (Skt. ''ekakṣaṇa''; Tib. ཤེས་པ་སྐད་ཅིག་ཆ་མེད་, ''shepa kechik chamé'', [[Wyl.]] ''shes pa skad cig cha med'') — the basis for coarser levels of consciousness according to lower schools of Buddhist philosophy, such as the [[Vaibhashika]]s. They last 1/64th of a snap of the fingers. | ||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
Revision as of 21:40, 23 February 2021
Indivisible moments of consciousness (Skt. ekakṣaṇa; Tib. ཤེས་པ་སྐད་ཅིག་ཆ་མེད་, shepa kechik chamé, Wyl. shes pa skad cig cha med) — the basis for coarser levels of consciousness according to lower schools of Buddhist philosophy, such as the Vaibhashikas. They last 1/64th of a snap of the fingers.
Further Reading
- The Light of Wisdom Volume 1. Root text by Padmasambhava and commentary by Jamgön Kongtrül the Great. Published by Shambhala Publications ISBN 0-87773-566-2. See pp.139-140