{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/taf/taf30.htm","path":"bud/taf/taf30.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/taf/taf30.htm","text":"Activity-consciousness yeh shih, karmavij\u00f1\u00e2na? the assertion of the \"Will to Live.\"\nAffectional hindrance fan nao chang, kle\u00e7\u00e2varana, hindrance to the attainment of Nirv\u00e2na, arising from the assertion of the \"Will to Live.\"\nAffirmation, or Non-emptiness, pu k\u2018ung, a\u00e7\u00fbnyat\u00e2, suchness as constituting the basis of reality; it is equivalent to the Tath\u00e2gata's Womb.\nAll-conserving mind, The, , a lai ya shih, or tsang shih, or a li ya, mu mo shih, \u00e2laya-vij\u00f1\u00e2na, a stage in the evolution of suchness, in which consciousness is awakened to recognise a distinction between suchness and birth-and-death.\nAspiration fa hsin, cittotp\u00e2da, desire to attain the most perfect knowledge.\n\u00c2tman wu, (1) ego-soul; (2) noumenon or thing-in-itself. An\u00e2tman is a negative form of the same.\nBirth-and-death sh\u00eang mieh, sams\u00e2ra, the material principle in contradistinction to the formal principle, suchness.\nConsciousness shih, vij\u00f1\u00e2na, mentation in general.\nDefilement , jan, a cognisance of dual aspect of suchness; not necessarily moral or intellectual fault.\nDharma fa, (1) that which subsists, or substance; (2) law, doctrine, or regulative principle.\nDharmak\u00e2ya fa sh\u00ean, absolute being, or absolute knowledge when considered from the idealistic point of view.\nEgo i, manas, the subjective mind which believes consciously or unconsciously in the existence of the ego-soul.\nEgo-consciousness i shih, manovij\u00f1\u00e2na, egocentric thoughts in general; the mind that makes a deliberate assumption of a dualistic existence of the ego and the non-ego,\nEnlightenment chiao (buddhi?), another name for suchness, psychologically considered.\nEvolving-consciousness chuan shih, pravrtti-vij\u00f1\u00e2na, a state of suchness out of which mentation in general evolves.\nIgnorance wu ming, avidya, a state of suchness in its evolution; practically the same as birth-and-death.\nIntellectual hindrance so chih chang, j\u00f1ey\u00e2varana, the hindrance to the attainment of Nirv\u00e2na, which arises from intellectual prejudices.\nInterrelated defilement hsiang ying jan, a conscious assertion of dualism.\nKarma-hindrance, yeh chang, karm\u00e2varana, the hindrance in the way to Nirv\u00e2na, that is brought forth by evil deeds done in previous lives.\nMah\u00e2y\u00e2na tai chang, literally, great conveyance, another name for suchness.\nMeans. or expediency fang pien, up\u00e2ya, when philosophically considered, the process of evolution, whereby the unconditional suchness becomes conditional.\nMind hsin, citta, relative aspect of suchness. Soul, mind, and suchness are to a certain extent synonymous, but in this translation the following distinction is made: Suchness, when unqualified, signifies its absolute aspect and is practically the same with the soul, while the term mind is used to denote a state of suchness in its operation or evolution.\nNegation, or emptiness k\u2018ung, \u00e7\u00fbnyat\u00e2, an aspect of suchness as transcending all forms of relativity.\nNirv\u00e2na nieh p\u2018an, the recognition of the truth or suchness.\nNon-enlightenment pu chiao (nirbuddhi?), another name for ignorance, psychologically considered. Non-enlightenment, defilement, birth-and-death, and ignorance, are more or. less synonymous and interchangeable.\nNon-particularisation wu f\u00ean pieh, the subjective attitude that is free from a deliberate assertion of dualism; i is similar in a sense to Lao-Tze's \"Non-assertion.\"\nNot-interrelated defilement pu hsiang ying jan, an unconscious assertion of dualism.\nParticularisation-consciousness f\u00ean pieh shih, the consciousness that adheres to the dual aspect of existence; a synonym of phenomena-particularising-consciousness.\nPrejudice fan nao, \u00e2\u00e7rava or kle\u00e7a, the subjectivity that averts the due exercise of will and intellect.\nSam\u00e2dhi san mei, or ting, literally equilibrium, a state of consciousness in which all modes of mental activity are in equilibrium.\nSoul hsin, hrdaya or citta, that which constitutes the kernel of things, but not in the Christian conception of the word; a synonym of absolute suchness.\nSoul as birth-and-death, hsin sh\u00eang mieh, relative aspect of suchness as material principle; a synonym of ignorance.\nSoul as suchness hsin chen ju, absolute aspect of suchness as purely formal.\nSubjectivity wang nien, or wang nien hsin, or hsin nien, or simply nien, smrti, literally, recollection or memory, or f\u00ean pi\u00e9h, particularisation; the mentation that is not in accordance with the conception of suchness.\nSuchness ch\u00ean ju, bh\u00fbtatathat\u00e2, the highest reality, or the \"purely formal\" aspect of existence.\nTath\u00e2gata's womb ju lai tsang, tath\u00e2gata-garbha, a state of suchness as containing every possible merit.\nTotality of things fah chieh, dharmadh\u00e2tu, literally, the basis of things, that is, the universe as a whole.\nVow y\u00fcan, or shih y\u00fcan, pranidh\u00e2na, commonly translated prayer, but not in the Christian sense, for Buddhists think that a vow or vehement desire has power enough to achieve what is desired, according to their idealistic conception of the world.","title":"The Awakening of Faith: Glossary","type":"page"}