Manasikāra
| Translations of manasikara |
|
|---|---|
| English | attention, ego-centric demanding |
| Pali | manasikāra |
| Sanskrit | manasikara, manasikāra |
| Chinese | 作意 (T) / 作意 (S) |
| Korean |
작의 (RR: jakeui) |
| Tibetan |
ཡིད་བྱེད (Wylie: yid byed; THL: yi jé) |
| Glossary of Buddhism | |
Manasikara (Sanskrit and Pali, also manasikāra; Tibetan Wylie: yid la byed pa or yid byed) is a Buddhist term that is translated as "attention" or "ego-centric demanding". It is defined as the process of the mind fixating upon an object.Manasikara is identified within the Buddhist Abhidharma teachings as follows:
Bhikkhu Bodhi states:
The Atthasālinī (I, Part IV, Chapter 1, 133) and the Visuddhimagga (XIV, 152) define manasikāra as follows:
The Abhidharma-samuccaya states:
Herbert Guenther states:
The difference between cetanā and manasikara is that cetanā brings the mind towards the object in a general move, while manasikara makes the mind fixate upon this particular objective reference.
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