Difference between revisions of "Four variables"
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==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
| − | *four changeable types of subsidiary | + | *[[four changeable types of subsidiary awareness]] ([[Alexander Berzin]]) |
*[[four changeable mental factors]] | *[[four changeable mental factors]] | ||
#. | #. | ||
#{{Wiki|remorse}}, contrition | #{{Wiki|remorse}}, contrition | ||
| − | #{{Wiki|reasoning}}, [[investigation]], examination | + | #{{Wiki|reasoning}}, [[investigation]], [[examination]] |
#analysis | #analysis | ||
Latest revision as of 05:44, 30 August 2014
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
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- remorse, contrition
- reasoning, investigation, examination
- analysis
