sems pa: Difference between revisions

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sustenance of will [RY]

food of thought [IW]

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-attraction [thd]
+sustenance of will [RY]
-) (Tha dad pa bsams pa, bsam pa, soms,, think [about]/ reflect/ apprehend/ intend/ examine and analyze; 2) contemplation; 3) intention, motivation, mentation, [conscious] apprehension, volition; 4) [act of] will; 5) motivator, activator; 6) attraction; 7) directing thought/ mind to, mental event; 8) conscious, attraction *[R] [IW]
+food of thought [IW]
-[[sems pa, bsams pa, bsam pa, soms]] trans. v.; 1) to think, reflect, assume, apprehend, intend, direct one's mind, pay, attention, be conscious. 2) contemplation, one of the [[chos spyod bcu]] ten religious practices. 3) intention, motivation, mentation, thinking, directing thought, mentation, apprehension, reflection, volition. 4) will, act of will. 5) motivator, activator. 6) conscious apprehension. 7) Attraction, as one of the five ever-present mental states; one of [[kun 'gro lnga]]. Def. by Jamg�n Kongtr�l: [[sems yul la g.yo ba'i gnas skabs kyi yid kyi rnam 'byur]], connects primary mind to an object of perception or action. Syn [[las]] / [['du byed]] [RY]
-directionality of mind, mibp 25, motivation, mental activity, psychic energy, motivating force, think over, ponder, imagine, think, fancy, imagine, remember, intention, concentration, someone who thinks that [JV]
-(ordinary) mentation/ thinking (about); (to pay) attention; to think about [RB]
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