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五遍行

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Basic Meaning: five omnipresent mental factors

Senses:

  • Five mental factors 心所 that are understood to be functioning in all instances of consciousness 遍行 (more fully named as 五遍行心所) (Skt. pañca-sarvatraga). These are:
    1. contact 觸 (Skt. sparśa; Tib. kun 'gro lnga);
    2. focusing of attention 作意 (Skt. manaskāra);
    3. sensation 受 (Skt. vedanā);
    4. conceptualization 想 (Skt. saṃjñā),
    5. volitional impulse 思 (Skt. cetanā)
    Their omnipresence is defined in terms of their:
    1. operation in all three moral qualities of wholesome 善, unwholesome 惡, and indeterminate 無記; thus they are said to be present in all natures 一切性.
    2. presence in all stages of existence 一切地, which means that they function in all nine levels 九地 of the three realms 三界.
    3. their presence at all times 一切時.
    4. their presence in each other 一切倶.
    〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.580a29〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, YBh-Ind]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 286

    Bulgyo sajeon 609a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1170

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1291a,2067a,3324a

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 128

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2021-02-24