尋伺

Readings

Pinyin: xún sì

Wade-Giles: hsin-tz'u

Hangul: 심사

Korean MC: simsa

Korean MR: simsa

Katakana: ジンシ

Hepburn: jinshi

tầm tứ

discursive thought and investigation

• Initial mental application 尋 and subsequent discursive reasoning 伺; reflection and investigation (Skt. vitarka-vicāra, tarka, tarka-cāra, vitarka, vitarka-cāra, sa-vitarka-vicāra; Tib. rtog pa dang dpyod pa). These are two kinds of mental functions whose nature is not inherently good or evil 四不定法. Vitarka 尋 is a mental function that tends to increase, and vicāra 伺 one which tends to diminish, definiteness and clearness in the stream of consciousness. They usually operate in tandem with each other, as, when one views an object, one first ascertains it roughly, and then scrutinizes it in detail. In one place in the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra it is suggested that there are cases where they might also be seen as derivative afflictions 隨煩惱, since if one sustains these two activities for too long, one may incur fatigue and injury. (T 1579.30.622c9) 〔 成唯識論 T 1585.31.18b5 〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD, Soothill, Stephen Hodge, Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 609

Bulgyo sajeon, 521a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 612b

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 137b/151

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 797c

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0394

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 184-1-29*999-2

Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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