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六想

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Basic Meaning: six classes of perception

Senses:

  • When the six faculties of the body 六根 make contact with the six sensory objects 六塵, they allow for the arising of a consciousness which in term leads to a perception 想. Thus, there are six: (1) visual perceptions 眼想, which occur when the visual faculty contacts form, and the resultant consciousness gives rise to a perception: (2) auditory perceptions 耳想, which occur when the auditory faculty makes contact with sounds, and the resultant consciousness gives rise to a perception. (3) olfactory perceptions 鼻想, which occur when oneʼs olfactory faculty makes contact with smells 香, and the resultant consciousness gives rise to a perception; (4) gustatory perceptions 舌想, which occur when oneʼs organ of taste makes contact with a taste 味, and the resultant consciousness gives rise to a perception; (5) tactile perceptions 身想, which occur when oneʼs bodily surfaces contact physical objects and the resultant consciousness gives rise to a perception; (6) conceptual (linguistic) perceptions 意想, which occur when oneʼs faculty of thought apprehends concepts, and the resultant consciousness gives rise to a perception. 〔雜阿含經, 卷二〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): FGD]
  • Alternative rendering of 六想身 (Skt. ṣaṭ-saṃjñā-kāyāḥ; Pāli ṣaḍ-saññā-uppādetabbā; Tib. 'du shes drug). [Charles Muller; source(s): YBh-Ind]
  • 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.419a29〕 [Charles Muller]
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    Fo Guang Dictionary 1295

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    Entry created: 2004-09-26