Valid direct perception

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Valid direct perception (Skt. pratyakṣa ; Tib. མངོན་སུམ་ཚད་མ་, Wyl. mngon sum tshad ma) is defined as "an unmistaken non-conceptual cognition". [1]

Subdivisions

  1. Valid sensory direct perception (dbang po'i mngon sum tshad ma)
  2. Valid mental direct perception (yid kyi mngon sum tshad ma)
  3. Valid direct perception of self-awareness (rang rig mngon sum tshad ma)
  4. Valid yogic direct perception (rnal 'byor mngon sum tshad ma)

Notes

  1. རྟོག་བྲལ་མ་འཁྲུལ་པའི་ཤེས་པ་, rtog bral ma 'khrul pa'i shes pa