Prabhāsvaracitta

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Key Term	prabhāsvaracitta
In Tibetan Script	འོད་གསལ་གྱི་གྱི་སེམས་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	'od gsal gyi sems
Devanagari Sanskrit Script	प्रभास्वरचित्त
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering	ösel gyi sem
Chinese Script	光明心
Chinese Pinyin	guāng míng xīn
Japanese Transliteration	kōmyōshin
Korean Transliteration	kwangmyŏngsim
English Standard	luminous mind
Alternate Spellings	'od gsal ba'i sems
Term Type	Noun
Source Language	Sanskrit
Basic Meaning	The cognizant aspect of mind that is often contrasted with its empty aspect.
Has the Sense of	The natural radiance of mind.
Definitions
Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism	See page 653: In Sanskrit, “mind of clear light.” According to the Systems of Anuttarayogatantra, this state of mind is the most subtle form of consciousness, which must be used to perceive reality directly in order to achieve buddhahood.
Wikipedia	wikipedia:Luminous mind

In a general sense, that which clears away darkness, though it often appears in Buddhist literature in reference to the mind or its nature. It is a particularly salient feature of Tantric literature, especially in regard to the advanced meditation techniques of the completion-stage yogas.

The luminous aspect of mind that is often contrasted with its empty aspect. It is often used figuratively to reference the cognizant, or knowing, aspect of mind and sometimes more literally as the natural luminosity of mind and luminous wisdom that is experienced in meditation.

In a general sense, that which clears away darkness, though it often appears in Buddhist literature in reference to the mind or its nature. It is a particularly salient feature of Tantric literature, especially in regard to the advanced meditation techniques of the completion-stage yogas.