automatically arising

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Term automatically arising

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arising, automatically (cross-reference only)
Tibetan lhan-skyes
Sanskrit sahaja
Pali
Definition Naturally arising or occurring on a mental continuum from time to time, without being based on previously having been taught an incorrect tenet system. When something, such as a constructive or a disturbing emotion automatically arises, it does so from a tendency for that emotion, built up from previous occurrences of the same emotion, and does not entail the occurrence or production of an emotion that has never occurred before.