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'''Concentration''' (Skt. ''samādhi''; Tib. [[ཏིང་འཛིན་]], Wyl. ''ting ‘dzin'') — one of the [[fifty-one mental states]] defined in [[Abhidharma]] literature. According to the [[Compendium of Abhidharma]], it belongs to the subgroup of the [[ | '''Concentration''' (Skt. ''samādhi''; Tib. [[ཏིང་འཛིན་]], ''tingdzin'', [[Wyl.]] ''ting ‘dzin'') — 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 object-determining mental states]]. | ||
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
In the [[Khenjuk]], [[Mipham Rinpoche]] says | In the ''[[Khenjuk]]'', [[Mipham Rinpoche]] says: | ||
*Tib. ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་ནི་བརྟག་པའི་དངོས་པོ་ལ་སེམས་རྩེ་གཅིག་པ་ཤེས་པའི་རྟེན་བྱེད་པའི་ལས་ཅན་ནོ། | |||
*Concentration is to have a one-pointed mind with regard to the examined [[entity]]. Its function is to support [correct] cognition. ([[ | *Concentration is to have a one-pointed mind with regard to the examined [[entity]]. Its function is to support [correct] cognition. ([[Rigpa Translations]]) | ||
*Concentration means to have one-pointed mind with regard to the examined object. Its function is to support [right] cognition.([[Erik Pema Kunsang]]) | *Concentration means to have one-pointed mind with regard to the examined object. Its function is to support [right] cognition.([[Erik Pema Kunsang]]) | ||
==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
*Meditative stability (Gyurme Dorje)) | *Meditative stability (Gyurme Dorje)) | ||
*samādhi or concentration (Tony Duff | *samādhi or concentration (Tony Duff) | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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[[Category:Fifty-one mental states]] | [[Category:Fifty-one mental states]] | ||
[[Category:Five object-determining mental states]] | [[Category:Five object-determining mental states]] | ||
Revision as of 06:22, 4 January 2018
Concentration (Skt. samādhi; Tib. ཏིང་འཛིན་, tingdzin, Wyl. ting ‘dzin) — 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 object-determining mental states.
Definitions
In the Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche says:
- Tib. ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་ནི་བརྟག་པའི་དངོས་པོ་ལ་སེམས་རྩེ་གཅིག་པ་ཤེས་པའི་རྟེན་བྱེད་པའི་ལས་ཅན་ནོ།
- Concentration is to have a one-pointed mind with regard to the examined entity. Its function is to support [correct] cognition. (Rigpa Translations)
- Concentration means to have one-pointed mind with regard to the examined object. Its function is to support [right] cognition.(Erik Pema Kunsang)
Alternative Translations
- Meditative stability (Gyurme Dorje))
- samādhi or concentration (Tony Duff)
Notes