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([[rnam shes tshogs brgyad]]): 1) The undetermined and amorphous ground consciousness, already obscured by ignorance but undetermined with respect to virtue and non-virtue.<br>
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2 to 6) The consciousnesses associated with each of the five sense organs.<br>
7) Mind consciousness, or intellectual cognition of the senses.<br>
8) Intellection which is predominantly tainted by the negative emotions ([[klesas]]).<br>
The first six do not accumulate karma, while the last two do. [MR]

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