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'''Four Variables''' ([[wyl.]] ''gzhan ‘gyur bzhi'') among the [[fifty-one mental states]]:
'''Four Variables''' (Skt. ''aniyata''; [[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''; Wyl. ''gnyid'')
#Regret (Skt. ''kaukṛtya; Wyl. ''‘gyod pa'')
#Conception (Skt. ''vitarka''; Wyl. ''rtog pa'')
#Discernment (Skt. ''vicāra''; Wyl. ''dpyod pa'')
 
 
==Alternative Translations==
#.
#remorse
#reasoning, investigation
#analysis


#Sleep (''gnyid'')
#Regret (''‘gyod pa'')
#Conception (''rtog pa'')
#Discernment (''dpyod pa'')


[[Category:Enumerations]]
[[Category:Enumerations]]
[[Category:Abidharma]]

Revision as of 17:29, 7 October 2008

Four Variables (Skt. aniyata; 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:

  1. Sleep (Skt. middha; Wyl. gnyid)
  2. Regret (Skt. kaukṛtya; Wyl. ‘gyod pa)
  3. Conception (Skt. vitarka; Wyl. rtog pa)
  4. Discernment (Skt. vicāra; Wyl. dpyod pa)


Alternative Translations

  1. .
  2. remorse
  3. reasoning, investigation
  4. analysis