Atmasamvedana, Ātmasaṃvedana, Atma-samvedana: 1 definition

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Atmasamvedana means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Google Books: Jewels of the Middle Way

Ātmasaṃvedana (आत्मसंवेदन) refers to “reflexive cognition”, according to Kamalaśīla’s Tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā —The Sanskrit equivalents for tshu rol thong ba are arvāgdarśana, arvāgdṛś, or aparadarśana. As noted by Keira (2004, 94), Kamalaśīla explains in his Tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā that people of narrow vision (tshu rol thong ba) have three types of direct perception—sense cognition (indriyajñāna), mental [cognition] (mānasa), and reflexive cognition (ātmasaṃvedana), but such people do not have yogipratyakṣa, which directly understands emptiness (śūnyatā). Atiśa and the Kadampa commentary will repeatedly mention that the direct perception and inferences of those with narrow vision cannot understand the two realities nor cognize emptiness.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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