Translations of manasikara | |
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English | attention, mental advertence, 'taking on an object, making something one's rest or issue' |
Sanskrit | manasikara, manasikāra |
Pali | manasikāra |
Chinese | 作意 (T) / 作意 (S) |
Japanese | 作意 ( Rōmaji: sai) |
Korean | 작의 ( RR: jakeui) |
Tibetan | ཡིད་བྱེད ( Wylie: yid byed; THL: yi jé) |
Thai | มนสิการ ( RTGS: manasikan) |
Glossary of Buddhism |
Manasikara (Sanskrit and Pali, also manasikāra; Tibetan Wylie: yid la byed pa or yid byed) is a Buddhist term that is translated as "attention" or "mental advertence". It is defined as the process of the mind fixating upon an object. [1] [2] Manasikara is identified within the Buddhist Abhidharma teachings as follows:
Bhikkhu Bodhi states: [3]
The Atthasālinī (I, Part IV, Chapter 1, 133) and the Visuddhimagga (XIV, 152) define manasikāra as follows:
The Abhidharma-samuccaya states:
Herbert Guenther states:
The difference between cetanā and manasikara is that cetanā brings the mind towards the object in a general move, while manasikara makes the mind fixate upon this particular objective reference. [1]
Translations of manasikara | |
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English | attention, mental advertence, 'taking on an object, making something one's rest or issue' |
Sanskrit | manasikara, manasikāra |
Pali | manasikāra |
Chinese | 作意 (T) / 作意 (S) |
Japanese | 作意 ( Rōmaji: sai) |
Korean | 작의 ( RR: jakeui) |
Tibetan | ཡིད་བྱེད ( Wylie: yid byed; THL: yi jé) |
Thai | มนสิการ ( RTGS: manasikan) |
Glossary of Buddhism |
Manasikara (Sanskrit and Pali, also manasikāra; Tibetan Wylie: yid la byed pa or yid byed) is a Buddhist term that is translated as "attention" or "mental advertence". It is defined as the process of the mind fixating upon an object. [1] [2] Manasikara is identified within the Buddhist Abhidharma teachings as follows:
Bhikkhu Bodhi states: [3]
The Atthasālinī (I, Part IV, Chapter 1, 133) and the Visuddhimagga (XIV, 152) define manasikāra as follows:
The Abhidharma-samuccaya states:
Herbert Guenther states:
The difference between cetanā and manasikara is that cetanā brings the mind towards the object in a general move, while manasikara makes the mind fixate upon this particular objective reference. [1]