Seven kinds of cognition

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Seven kinds of cognition (Wyl. blo rig bdun) said to have been introduced into Tibetan epistemology by Chapa Chökyi Sengé:

  1. direct perception (mngon sum)
  2. inference (rjes dpag)
  3. subsequent cognition (bcad shes)
  4. correct assumption (yid dpyod)
  5. inattentive cognition (snang la ma nges)
  6. doubt (the tshom)
  7. false cognition (log shes)