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'''Main mind''' (Tib. གཙོ་སེམས་, ''tso sem''; [[Wyl.]] ''gtso sems''), in Buddhist psychology and epistemology, refers to the [[six consciousnesses|six]] or [[eight consciousnesses|eight sets of consciousness]]. It is distinguished from the mental states or processes, usually listed as [[fifty-one mental states|fifty-one]] in number, which are said to perceive the features of objects, while main mind perceives only their basic identity. | '''Main mind''' (Tib. གཙོ་སེམས་, ''tso sem''; [[Wyl.]] ''gtso sems''), in Buddhist psychology and epistemology, refers to the [[six consciousnesses|six]] or [[eight consciousnesses|eight sets of consciousness]]. It is distinguished from the mental states or processes, usually listed as [[fifty-one mental states|fifty-one]] in number<ref>According to [[Asanga]]’s system. [[Vasubandhu]] lists forty-six.</ref>, which are said to perceive the features of objects, while main mind perceives only their basic identity. | ||
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==Alternative Translations== | |||
*principal awareness (Alexander Berzin) | |||
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Revision as of 10:09, 6 February 2012
Main mind (Tib. གཙོ་སེམས་, tso sem; Wyl. gtso sems), in Buddhist psychology and epistemology, refers to the six or eight sets of consciousness. It is distinguished from the mental states or processes, usually listed as fifty-one in number[1], which are said to perceive the features of objects, while main mind perceives only their basic identity.
Notes
- ↑ According to Asanga’s system. Vasubandhu lists forty-six.
Alternative Translations
- principal awareness (Alexander Berzin)