隨眠

Readings

Pinyin: suímián

Wade-Giles: sui-mien

Hangul: 수면

Korean MC: sumyeon

Korean MR: sumyŏn

Katakana: ズイメン

Hepburn: zuimen

tuỳ miên

disposition

• A tendency; an inclination, propensity; latent bias; latent presence. As a general term, bad tendencies, evil inclinations, etc. Especially evil inclinations lying within one's mind that do not manifest in one's present behavior. More specifically, the dormant, or latent aspect of afflictions 煩惱, as contrasted with their active, or manifest condition: 現行, 纏, 起, 起纏, etc.. This connotation is also seen expressed with the words 睡 and 睡位. (Skt. anuśaya; Tib. bag la nyal, rgyas par 'gyur ba). [resp. Charles Muller, Stephen Hodge; ref. Nakamura, JEBD]
• In the later writings of the Sarvâstivāda school 說一切有部, the term was defined with the three meanings of 隨增 (increasing in strength), 隨逐 (concomitant with marks) and 隨縛 (binding). They furthermore gave a number of lists of defilements, such as "six defilements," "seven defilements," etc. [resp. Charles Muller]
• In Yogâcāra the term refers to the afflictions that lie dormant in the ālaya-vijñāna 阿賴耶識 in the form of seeds 種子 or non-generative debilitating form 麤重—the defilements in their state of dormancy, as opposed to when they are in the state of manifest activity 現行. Practitioners who experience a feeling of purity and enhanced awareness are often self-deceived into thinking they have eliminated their bad habits, and are unaware that many still lie hidden in the ālayavijñāna. See also 七種隨眠. 〔二障義 HBJ 1.793a;瑜伽論 T 1579.30.284c4, 成唯識論 T 1585.31.6b11〕 [resp. Charles Muller]
• Often used simply as a synonym for defilement or affliction. [resp. Charles Muller]
• (Skt. anugamayitumutsahate, anuśayita, anuśāyitva, āsrava, kleśa, mala, saṃgama; Pāli anusaya) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 617

Bulgyo sajeon, 487a

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 478

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 340b/376

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 812c

Fo Guang Dictionary, 6351

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 1222

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)2877a,211c,1592a, (v.9-10)480a,1008c

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1014-1

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

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