Mental factors (Buddhism)

Translations of
Mental factors
Englishmental factors
mental events
mental states
Sanskritचैतसिक, चैतिक, चैत्त
caitasika, caitika, caitta
Paliचेतसिक
cetasika
Chinese心所(法)
Japanese心所
(Rōmaji: shinjo)
Korean심소, 심소법,
마음작용

(RR: simso, simsobeob,
maeumjakyong
)
Tibetanསེམས་བྱུང་
(Wylie: sems byung;
THL: semjung
)
TagalogKaitasika
Thaiเจตสิก
(RTGS: chettasik)
Glossary of Buddhism

Mental factors (Sanskrit: चैतसिक, romanizedcaitasika or chitta samskara चित्त संस्कार;[1] Pali: cetasika; Tibetan: སེམས་བྱུང sems byung), in Buddhism, are identified within the teachings of the Abhidhamma (Buddhist psychology). They are defined as aspects of the mind that apprehend the quality of an object, and that have the ability to color the mind. Within the Abhidhamma, the mental factors are categorized as formations (Sanskrit: samskara) concurrent with mind (Sanskrit: citta).[2][3][4] Alternate translations for mental factors include "mental states", "mental events", and "concomitants of consciousness".

  1. ^ Thich Nhat Hahn (2015). The Heart of Buddha's Teaching. New York: Harmony. pp. 73–74.
  2. ^ Guenther (1975), Kindle Location 321.
  3. ^ Kunsang (2004), p. 23.
  4. ^ Geshe Tashi Tsering (2006), Kindle Location 456.

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