Vikṣepa (Sanskrit; Tibetan phonetic: nampar yengwa) is a Buddhist and Hindu term that is translated as "distraction", "mental wandering", etc. In the...
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the path leading to Nirvikalpa Samādhi , they are – laya (torpidity), vikṣepa (distraction), kāśaya (attachment) and rasāsvāda (enjoyment). Sadananda...
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Muṣitasmṛtitā – forgetfulness Asaṃprajanya – non-alertness, inattentiveness Vikṣepa – distraction, desultoriness The four changeable mental factors (aniyata)...
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abandoned are: dimness (laya), restlessness (auddhatya), distraction (vikṣepa), and attachment (saṅga). A further 32 meditative images are also enumerated...
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Uttarakurudvīpa-lipiṃ Aparagoḍānī-lipiṃ Pūrvavideha-lipiṃ Utkṣepa-lipiṃ Nikṣepa-lipiṃ Vikṣepa-lipiṃ Prakṣepa-lipiṃ Sāgara-lipiṃ Vajra-lipiṃ Lekhapratilekha-lipiṃ Anudruta-lipiṃ...
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twenty-seven asterisms) the Sun’s declination (krānti) the latitude (śara, 'vikṣepa) of the Moon the angular diameters (bimba) of the Sun, the Moon and the...
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that belief can be developed by contemplating the faults of distraction (vikṣepa, rnam-par gyen-ba). Aspiration (chanda) is one of four antidotes to laziness...
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Muṣitasmṛtitā — forgetfulness Asaṃprajanya — non-alertness, inattentiveness Vikṣepa — distraction, desultoriness Four changeable mental factors (aniyata):...
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(ignorance) as something positively existent, he does not speak about its vikśepa-śakti (power of dispersion) or avarna-sakti (power of concealment); he...
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