ཤེས་བཞིན། | Glossary of Terms

ཤེས་བཞིན།

shes bzhin

saṃprajāna
samprajanya
samprajñāna
samprajāna

Term

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Appears in our translations as:

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awareness

Unraveling the Intent

awareness

ཤེས་བཞིན།

shes bzhin

samprajāna

1 passage contains this term

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vigilant introspection

The Hundred Deeds

vigilant introspection

ཤེས་བཞིན།

shes bzhin

saṃprajāna
samprajanya
samprajñāna

Definition in this text:

Also called “mental alertness,” the faculty of mind that maintains a conscious watch for any inclination of the mind toward mental dullness or agitation, especially during meditation (Rigzin 423). Closely related to mindfulness.

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AO

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AD

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AA

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RP

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RS

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SU

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