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Key Term sems nyid
Topic Variation nature of mind
In Tibetan Script སེམས་ཉིད་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration sems nyid
Devanagari Sanskrit Script चित्तत्व
Romanized Sanskrit cittatva
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering semnyi
English Standard nature of mind
Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term mind as such
Dan Martin's English Term mind proper
Ives Waldo's English Term mind itself
Alternate Spellings citta eva; cittatā
Term Type Noun
Source Language Tibetan
Basic Meaning A Dzogchen term used to denote the true natural state of mind as it is. Often used in this tradition as a synonym for buddha-nature.
Has the Sense of The essence of mind.
Related Terms Dharmatā
Definitions
Rangjung Yeshe's English Term The nature of one's mind which is taught to be identical with the essence of all enlightened beings, the sugata garbha. It should be distinguished from 'mind' (sems) which refers to ordinary discursive thinking based on ignorance of the nature of thought
Tshig mdzod Chen mo 1) sems kho na/ ... 2) sems kyi chos nyid/