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cognitive obscurations

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term cognitive obscurations

Referenced by:
obscurations about all knowables (alternative term)
obscurations preventing omniscience (alternative term)
Tibetan shes-sgrib
Sanskrit jneyavarana
Pali
Definition Fleeting stains that temporarily "cover" or accompany mental activity (more precisely, clear light mental activity), thereby preventing the mental activity from simultaneously cognizing the two truths about all phenomena. Also translated as "obscurations about all knowables" and "obscurations preventing omniscience."

TRANSLATION (Jeffrey Hopkins En, Tibetan Pronunciation)

Translation obstructions to omniscience; obscurations of the knowable; obstruction to omniscience; obstruction to simultaneous cognition of all phenomena

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Definition

OTHER TRANSLATIONS

Arabic التباس الادراك
German kognitive Schleier
French obscurcissements cognitifs
Italian oscuramenti cognitivi
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... obstructions to omniscience; obscurations of the knowable; obstruction to omniscience; obstruction to simultaneous cognition of all phenomena
Russian омрачения познания
Vietnamese sở tri chướng