Attention

manasikāra
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Attention (a universal cetasika).

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Passages where manasikāra occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.

  • Narrative literature · Mahāvastu-avādana · Sanskrit

    tehi dharmehi yoniśo manasikārā jñānam udapāsi yāvad āloko prādurabhūṣi // sā khalu punar iyaṃ duḥkhanirodhagāminī pratipadāryasatyā bhāvitā me bhikṣavaḥ pūrve ananuśrutehi dharmehi yoniśo manasikārā jñānam udapāsi yāvad ālokaṃ prādurabhūṣi // yāvac cāhaṃ bhikṣavaḥ imāni catvāry āryasatyāni evaṃ triparivartaṃ dvādaśākāraṃ yathābhūtaṃ samyakprajñayā nābhyajñāsiṣaṃ na tāvad ahaṃ anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbuddho pratijānehaṃ nāpi tāva me jñānaṃ udapāsi akopyā na me cetomuktiḥ sākṣīkṛtā / yato ahaṃ bhikṣavaḥ imāni catvāry āryasatyāni evaṃ triparivartaṃ dvādaśākāraṃ tathābhūtaṃ samyakprajñay

  • Śaivism · advayavajrasaṃgraha · Sanskrit

    amanasikārādhāraḥ | namo buddhāya | amanasikāra itatra bahavo vipratipannāḥ | tat kaścidāha apaśabdo'yamiti samāse manaskāra iti bhavitumarhati | tatrocyate tatpuruṣe kṛti bahulamiti | atra vahulavacanāt saptamyā'lugiti alukasamāse kṛte amanasikāra amanaskāraḥ tvaci sāraḥ tvaksāraḥ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ etāni rūpāṇi sampadyante ato nāyamapaśabdaḥ | apara āha hanta lakṣaṇasādhitamevedaṃ vacaḥ kiṃ ca asiddham | tanna nānāsūtratantreṣu dṛṣṭatvāt āryasarvaviṣayāvatārajñānālokālaṅkāramahāyānasūtre | amanasikārā dharmāḥ kuśalāḥ | manasikārā dharmā akuśalāḥ | tatraiva - avikalpitasaṅkalpa apratiṣṭhitamānasa |

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