Seven kinds of cognition 七種心識（認知的七種分類）
Seven kinds of cognition (Tib. བློ་རིག་བདུན་, Wyl. blo rig bdun) said to have been introduced into Tibetan epistemology by Chapa Chökyi Sengé:
- direct perception (མངོན་སུམ་, mngon sum)
- inference (རྗེས་དཔག་, rjes dpag)
- subsequent cognition (བཅད་ཤེས་, bcad shes)
- correct assumption (ཡིད་དཔྱོད་, yid dpyod)
- inattentive cognition (སྣང་ལ་མ་ངེས་, snang la ma nges)
- doubt (ཐེ་ཚོམ་, the tshom)
- false cognition (ལོག་ཤེས་, log shes)
