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'''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''; [[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''; Wyl. ''gnyid'')
</noinclude>#sleep (Skt. ''middha''; Tib. [[གཉིད་]], Wyl. ''gnyid'')
#regret (Skt. ''kaukṛtya''; Wyl. ''‘gyod pa'')
#regret (Skt. ''kaukṛtya''; Tib. [[འགྱོད་པ་]], Wyl. ''‘gyod pa'')
#conception (Skt. ''vitarka''; Wyl. ''rtog pa'')
#conception (Skt. ''vitarka''; Tib. [[རྟོག་པ་]], Wyl. ''rtog pa'')
#discernment (Skt. ''vicāra''; Wyl. ''dpyod pa'')  
#discernment (Skt. ''vicāra''; Tib. [[དཔྱོད་པ་]], Wyl. ''dpyod pa'') <noinclude>


==Alternative Translations==
==Alternative Translations==
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Revision as of 16:58, 4 March 2011

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:

  1. sleep (Skt. middha; Tib. གཉིད་, Wyl. gnyid)
  2. regret (Skt. kaukṛtya; Tib. འགྱོད་པ་, Wyl. ‘gyod pa)
  3. conception (Skt. vitarka; Tib. རྟོག་པ་, Wyl. rtog pa)
  4. discernment (Skt. vicāra; Tib. དཔྱོད་པ་, Wyl. dpyod pa)

Alternative Translations

  • four changeable mental factors
  1. .
  2. remorse, contrition
  3. reasoning, investigation, examination
  4. analysis