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'''Intention''' (Skt. ''cetanā''; Tib. [[སེམས་པ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''sems pa'') — one of the [[five ever-present mental states]]. It belongs to the subgroup of [[five ever-present mental states]].
'''Intention''' (Skt. ''cetanā''; Tib. [[སེམས་པ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''sems pa'') — one of the [[fifty-one mental states]] defined in [[Abhidharma]] literature. It belongs to the subgroup of [[five ever-present mental states]].


==Definitions==
==Definitions==

Revision as of 13:30, 14 June 2016

Intention (Skt. cetanā; Tib. སེམས་པ་, Wyl. sems pa) — one of the fifty-one mental states defined in Abhidharma literature. It belongs to the subgroup of five ever-present mental states.

Definitions

From Mipham Rinpoche's Khenjuk

Intention is the mind moving towards and engaging with an object.

In terms of support, there are six, such as 'intention upon the meeting of the eye' [i.e. between object, sense faculty and consciousness], and so on.

Explanations

The Ornament of Abhidharma says that if there is intention, it focuses on the six objects, and it makes the mind actually manifest and move toward its object, like iron to a magnet. It can be divided into six, in relation to the six (faculties). Its function is to give rise to the actions of body and speech.

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