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प्रभास्वरचित्त prabhāsvaracitta
luminous mind
འོད་གསལ་གྱི་སེམས་
'od gsal gyi sems
光明心
guāng míng xīn
Sanskrit - Noun
1·Discover
Basic Meaning
The luminous aspect of mind that is often contrasted with its empty aspect. It is often used figuratively to reference the cognizant, or knowing, aspect of mind and sometimes more literally as the natural luminosity of mind and luminous wisdom that is experienced in meditation.
In other languages
Tibetan
འོད་གསལ་གྱི་སེམས་
'od gsal gyi sems
ösel gyi sem
Sanskrit
प्रभास्वरचित्त
prabhāsvaracitta
Chinese
光明心
guāng míng xīn
Japanese
kōmyōshin
Korean
kwangmyŏngsim
How translators render it
luminous mindBuddha-nature Standard
mind of clear lightJeffrey Hopkins
mind's inner radianceGyurme Dorje
2·Explore
Has the sense of
The natural radiance of mind.
In other languages
Tibetan
འོད་གསལ་གྱི་སེམས་
'od gsal gyi sems
ösel gyi sem
Sanskrit
प्रभास्वरचित्त
prabhāsvaracitta
Chinese
光明心
guāng míng xīn
Japanese
kōmyōshin
Korean
kwangmyŏngsim
How translators render it
luminous mindBuddha-nature Standard
mind of clear lightJeffrey Hopkins
mind's inner radianceGyurme Dorje
In the dictionaries
Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism
See page 653: In Sanskrit, “mind of clear light.” According to the Systems of Anuttarayogatantra, this state of mind is the most subtle form of consciousness, which must be used to perceive reality directly in order to achieve buddhahood.
Term type
Noun
Source language
Sanskrit
Topic
prabhāsvaracitta
Alternate spellings
'od gsal ba'i sems
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