| 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 |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Definitions | |
| 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.