Perception: 3 definitions
Introduction:
Perception means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: INSA Digital Repository: Caraka’s Approach to KnowledgePerception or “Knowledge gained through Perception” (Sanskrit: pratyakṣa) refers to one of various means of accessing exact Knowledge, according to the Charaka Samhita (verse 11.3-6).—Knowledge from direct perception arises as a result of the combined action of sense objects, sense, mind and self, each of which is indispensable for perception (Charaka Samhita verse 11.17). Though perception has been sub-classified into five sub-types based on contact with substance, guna etc., authorities agree that, ‘in reality knowledge that results as the effect of sense contact’ would fulfil the definition of perception.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchPerception (of a knowing subject’s own consciousness) is denoted by the Sanskrit term Pramātṛtā, according to Kṣemarāja’s Pratyabhijñāhṛdaya.—Accordingly, while discussing easy methods of Yoga practice: “[...] By apprehending the absence of thought because there is no thinking at all, one becomes full of the perception (pramātṛtā) of a knowing subject’s own consciousness devoid of defects such as the body and so on, and one soon obtains immersion in the fourth [state] and that beyond the fourth [state], [an immersion] whose expansiveness is [always] opening out”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems1) Perception refers to one of the “Five Aggregates” (i.e., “that which comprises the ‘person’”) which are known in Tibetan as phung po lnga.—Accordingly, [while describing the Svātantrika Madhyamaka philosophical school], [regarding the mode of imputation based on the aggregates]: [...] Some Saṃmatīyas say that all Five Aggregates [e.g., perceptions] are the self. Although schools from the Svātantrikas on down claim that the person is a mere imputation based on the aggregates, they think that if the aggregates are the basis of the imputation of a person, the aggregates necessarily are the person; and they believe that the aggregates are imputed as being the person. [...]
2) Perception refers to one of the “Eleven Sources of Valid Cognition” (among Cārakīya Jaiminīyas) which are known in Tibetan as: tshad ma bcu gcig.—Most Mīmāṃsakas assert six sources of valid cognition, while the Cārakīya Jaiminīyas assert eleven sources of valid cognition [e.g., perception] and also teach a division into forty-eight functional forces.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text (+1417): Pratyaksha, Pramana, Jnanendriya, Samveda, Manas, Bodha, Upalabdhi, Samvitti, Sanna, Samjna, Indriyabuddhi, Sakshatkara, Anubhuti, Anupalabdhi, Prama, Anupalambha, Avabodha, Sambuddhi, Vedana, Indriyajnana.
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Search found 464 books and stories containing Perception; (plurals include: Perceptions). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu)
(1) The Base Consisting of Boundless Space < [Chapter X - The Immaterial States (āruppa-niddesa)]
The Truth of the Cessation of Suffering (nirodha) < [Chapter XVI - The Faculties and Truths (indriya-sacca-niddesa)]
Knowledge of Rise and Fall—I < [Chapter XX - Purification by Knowledge and Vision of the Path and the Not-path]
The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences
Nursing Students' DREEM Model Perceptions at an Iranian University < [v.20(4): 1–103 2013 Jul]
UM Dental Students' Educational Environment and Stress Experience < [v.23(3): 1–97 2016 May]
Big Sib Students’ Perceptions of Learning at USM Using DREEM < [Volume 17 (issue 3), Jul-Sep 2010]
Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 1254-1256 < [Chapter 17 - Examination of the Definition of Sense-perception]
Verse 3090-3091 < [Chapter 25 - Examination of the Doctrine of ‘Self-sufficient Validity’]
Verse 1286-1288 < [Chapter 17 - Examination of the Definition of Sense-perception]
The Nyaya theory of Knowledge (by Satischandra Chatterjee)
Part 4 - The Nyaya definitions of perception < [Chapter 6 - The definition of Perception]
Part 1 - Nirvikalpaka and Savikalpaka perception < [Chapter 9 - Three modes of ordinary perception]
Part 2 - The Buddhist definition of perception < [Chapter 6 - The definition of Perception]
Non-Dualism (by Ajahn Sumedho)
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Section 307 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Text Section 250 / Stanza 16 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Text Section 106 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
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