Vikṣepa
| Translations of Vikṣepa | |
|---|---|
| English |
distraction, mental wandering, desultoriness |
| Sanskrit | vikṣepa, vikshepa |
| Tibetan |
རྣམ་པར་གཡེང་བ། (Wylie: rnam par g.yeng ba; THL: nampar yengwa) |
| Glossary of Buddhism | |
Vikṣepa (Sanskrit; Tibetan phonetic: nampar yengwa) is a Buddhist term that is translated as "distraction", "mental wandering", etc. In the Mahayana tradition, vikṣepa is defined as the mental motion or wandering towards an object which causes the inability to remain one-pointedly on a virtuous objective.[1][2]
Vikṣepa is identified as:
- One of the twenty secondary unwholesome factors within the Mahayana Abhidharma teachings
Definitions
Mipham Rinpoche states:
- Distraction [vikṣepa] belongs to the categories of the three poisons. It is the mental motion or wandering towards an object which causes the inability to remain one-pointedly on a virtuous objective. It can be defined as distraction towards the outer, towards the inner, and towards status.[1]
The Abhidharma-samuccaya states:
- What is desultoriness? It is to be it scatter-brain and belongs to the categories of passion-lust (raga), aversion-hatred (dvesha), and bewilderment-erring (moha). Its function is to obstruct one from becoming free of passion-lust (raga).[2]
Alexander Berzin explains:
- Mental wandering (rnam-par g.yeng-ba) is a part of longing desire (raga), hostility (dvesha), or naivety (moha). It is the subsidiary awareness that, due to any of the poisonous emotions, causes our mind to be distracted from its object of focus. If we are distracted due to longing desire, the object of our desire need not be something we are already familiar with, as in the case of flightiness of mind.[3]
See also
References
Sources
- Berzin, Alexander (2006), Mind and Mental Factors: The Fifty-one Types of Subsidiary Awareness
- Guenther, Herbert V. & Leslie S. Kawamura (1975), Mind in Buddhist Psychology: A Translation of Ye-shes rgyal-mtshan's "The Necklace of Clear Understanding" Dharma Publishing. Kindle Edition.
- Kunsang, Erik Pema (translator) (2004). Gateway to Knowledge, Vol. 1. North Atlantic Books.
- Nina van Gorkom (2010), Cetasikas, Zolag
External links
Mahayana tradition:
- Mind and Mental Factors: The Fifty-one Types of Subsidiary Awareness
- Ranjung Yeshe wiki entry for rnam par g.yeng ba
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