ཤེས་བཞིན་ 正知

ཤེས་བཞིན། (Wyl. shes bzhin) n. Pron.: sheshyin

• cognitive alertness ▷HVG KBEU
• awareness, alertness, vigilance [Shamatha Meditation]
• Awareness, the antidote to dullness and agitation. [Shamatha Meditation] [Eight antidotes]
• Awareness – through awareness one accomplishes 'taming the mind', 'pacifying the mind' and 'completely pacifying the mind'; with joy for awareness and seeing the faults of succumbing to thoughts and negative emotions, one no longer falls prey to them [Shamatha Meditation] [Stages Accomplished Through the Six Powers]

Further Information

• Vigilance
• Shamatha
• Eight antidotes
• Six powers