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firm conviction

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term firm conviction

Referenced by:
regard (alternative term)
conviction, firm (cross-reference only)
Tibetan mos-pa
Sanskrit
Pali
Definition (1) According to Asanga, the mental factor (subsidiary awareness) that focuses on a fact that one has validly ascertained to be like this and not like that, and which makes one's belief that a fact is true so firm that others' arguments or opinions will not dissuade one. (2) According to Vasubandhu, the term means "regard": the mental factor that takes its object to have some level of good qualities – on the spectrum from no good qualities to all good qualities – and may be either accurate or distorted.

TRANSLATION (Italian)

Translation ferma convinzione

* salda convinzione
Definition

OTHER TRANSLATIONS

German feste Überzeugung
Italian ferma convinzione
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... belief; imagination; faith; interest; inclined towards; prefer; zeal; imagine; keen for
Russian твёрдая убеждённость