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dividing consciousness

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term dividing consciousness
Tibetan rnam-shes
Sanskrit
Pali
Definition A consciousness that makes dualistic appearances, dividing a moment of experience into an appearance of independently existing consciousness (subject) and object. It is a Kagyu/Nyingma explanation. The Tibetan is rnam-shes, the same as the usual word for consciousness. It is defined like this only in some very special places.

TRANSLATION (Jeffrey Hopkins En, Tibetan Pronunciation)

Translation [diverse-know]; consciousness; main consciousness; [ordinary] consciousness{N}; knower; cognition

* rnam shes
Definition

OTHER TRANSLATIONS

German Unterteilungen machendes Bewusstsein
French conscience divisante
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... [diverse-know]; consciousness; main consciousness; [ordinary] consciousness{N}; knower; cognition