Attention
Attention (Skt. manaskāra; Tib. ཡིད་བྱེད་, Wyl. yid byed) — one of the fifty-one mental states defined in Abhidharma literature. According to the Compendium of Abhidharma, it belongs to the subgroup of the five ever-present mental states.
Definitions
In the Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche says:
- Tib. ཡིད་བྱེད་ནི་དམིགས་པ་ལ་སེམས་འཛིན་པ།
- Attention is a mind apprehending the object of focus (Rigpa Translations)
- Attention describes the process of the mind fixating upon the object concerned (Erik Pema Kunsang)
Alternative Translations
- mental engagement (▷PKT, Berzin)