Difference between revisions of "Main mind"

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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.

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-'''Main mind''' (Tib. གཙོ་སེམས་, ''tso sem''; Wyl. ''gtso sems''), in Buddhist psychology and epistemology, refers to the [[six consciousnesses|six]] or [[eight consciousnesses|eight sets of consciousness]]. It is distinguished from the mental states or 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 perceive the features of objects, while main mind perceives only their basic identity.
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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 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 perceive the features of objects, while main mind perceives only their basic identity.
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 ==Alternative Translations==
-*principal awareness (Alexander Berzin)
+*principal awareness ([[Alexander Berzin]])
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