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Luminous mind

Luminous mind (Skt: prabhāsvara-citta or ābhāsvara-citta, Pali: pabhassara citta; Tib: འོད་གསལ་གྱི་སེམས་ ’od gsal gyi sems; Ch: 光明心 guāngmíngxīn; Jpn: 光明心 kōmyōshin) is a Buddhist term that appears only rarely in the Pali Canon, but is common in the Mahayana sūtras and central to the Buddhist tantras. It is variously translated as "brightly shining mind"…

Mahayana, Early Buddhist texts & Theravada

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Early Buddhist texts

Theravada

Mahāsāṃghika

Vaibhāṣika

Mahayana

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Luminous mind

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Triples45
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related to Tathagatagarbha · 13
Luminous mind → Both, Buddha-nature, Canon, In, It, Lankavatara Sutra, Shurangama Sutra, Some Gelug, The, These, Thus, Upon, While
related to Theravada · 10
Luminous mind → Atthakatha, Buddhaghosa, Dhammasangani, Peter Harvey, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, The Kathavatthu, The Theravadin Anguttara Nikaya, Theravada Abhidhammic, This, Visuddhimagga
related to Bodhicitta · 7
Luminous mind → Anguttara Nikaya, That, The, The Astasahasrika Perfection, The Mahayana, This, Wisdom Sutra
related to External links · 5
Luminous mind → Luminous, Pabhassara Sutta, Quotations, Wikiquote, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Svasaṃvedana · 4
Luminous mind → In Tibetan Buddhism, It, Tibetan, Yogacara

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mind luminous luminosity defilements also term nature state mahayana pure light buddhist tibetan consciousness sutra no-mind tathagatagarbha states citta clear

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Sanskritinstance ofalso ceases.Analayo mentions that parallel recensions of this sutra in other languages0.80text
Tibetan do not mention luminosityinstance ofalso ceases.Analayo mentions that parallel recensions of this sutra in other languages0.80text
greedinstance ofTo perceive its luminosity means understanding that defilements0.80text
aversioninstance ofTo perceive its luminosity means understanding that defilements0.80text
or delusion are not intrinsic to its natureinstance ofTo perceive its luminosity means understanding that defilements0.80text
are not a necessary part of awarenessinstance ofTo perceive its luminosity means understanding that defilements0.80text
Luminous mindrelated to BodhicittaThe Mahayana0.60section
Luminous mindrelated to BodhicittaThe Astasahasrika Perfection0.60section
Luminous mindrelated to BodhicittaWisdom Sutra0.60section
Luminous mindrelated to BodhicittaThat0.60section
Luminous mindrelated to BodhicittaThis0.60section
Luminous mindrelated to BodhicittaAnguttara Nikaya0.60section

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