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| − | '''[[Main mind]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གཙོ་སེམས་]]}}, ''[[tso sem]]''; Wyl. ''[[gtso sems]]''), in [[Buddhist psychology]] and {{Wiki|epistemology}}, refers to the [[six consciousnesses|six]] or [[eight consciousnesses|eight sets of consciousness]]. It is distinguished from the [[mental states]] or {{Wiki|processes}}, usually listed as [[fifty-one mental states|fifty-one]] in number<ref>According to [[Asanga]]’s system. [[Vasubandhu]] lists forty-six.</ref>, which are said to {{Wiki|perceive}} the features of [[objects]], while [[main mind]] [[perceives]] only their basic [[Wikipedia:Identity (social science)|identity]]. | + | '''[[Main mind]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གཙོ་སེམས་]]}}, ''[[tso sem]]''; [[Wyl.]] ''[[gtso sems]]''), in [[Buddhist psychology]] and {{Wiki|epistemology}}, refers to the [[six consciousnesses|six]] or [[eight consciousnesses|eight sets of consciousness]]. It is {{Wiki|distinguished}} from the [[mental states]] or {{Wiki|processes}}, usually listed as [[fifty-one mental states|fifty-one]] in number<ref>According to [[Asanga]]’s system. [[Vasubandhu]] lists forty-six.</ref>, which are said to {{Wiki|perceive}} the features of [[objects]], while [[main mind]] [[perceives]] only their basic [[Wikipedia:Identity (social science)|identity]]. |
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Revision as of 07:33, 30 August 2014
Main mind (Tib. གཙོ་སེམས་, tso sem; Wyl. gtso sems), in Buddhist psychology and epistemology, refers to the six or eight sets of consciousness. It is distinguished from the mental states or processes, usually listed as fifty-one in number[1], which are said to perceive the features of objects, while main mind perceives only their basic identity.
Footnotes
- ↑ According to Asanga’s system. Vasubandhu lists forty-six.
