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==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
*Four variable factors ([[Padmakara]]) | *Four variable factors ([[Padmakara]]) | ||
*Four changeable types of subsidiary awareness or mental factors (Berzin) | |||
[[Category:Key Terms]] | [[Category:Key Terms]] | ||
[[Category:Abhidharma]] | [[Category:Abhidharma]] | ||
Revision as of 10:48, 21 June 2016
Four variables (Skt. aniyata; Tib. གཞན་འགྱུར་བཞི་, 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; Tib. གཉིད་, Wyl. gnyid)
- regret (Skt. kaukṛtya; Tib. འགྱོད་པ་, Wyl. ‘gyod pa)
- conception (Skt. vitarka; Tib. རྟོག་པ་, Wyl. rtog pa)
- discernment (Skt. vicāra; Tib. དཔྱོད་པ་, Wyl. dpyod pa)
Alternative Translations
- Four variable factors (Padmakara)
- Four changeable types of subsidiary awareness or mental factors (Berzin)