| Term |
mental aspect
Referenced by: mental semblance (alternative term) aspect, mental (cross-reference only) semblance, mental (cross-reference only) |
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| Tibetan | rnam-pa |
| Sanskrit | akara |
| Pali | |
| Definition | A nonstatic mental hologram, asserted by all Indian Buddhist tenet systems other than Vaibhashika, that is a likeness of an object of cognition, and which both conceptual and nonconceptual mental activity produces in order to cognize the object; the "mental shape" of the appearing object of a cognition. (1) According to Gelug, except in the case of Chittamatra and Yogachara Svatantrika, they are fully transparent so that through them, one directly cognizes external objects. (2) According to non-Gelug, they are opaque and thus allow only indirect cognition of external objects. |
| German | geistiges Erscheinungsbild |
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| Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... | kind; type; aspect; form |
| Russian | ментальный аспект |