Praśrabhi

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Prasrabhi (Sanskrit; Tibetan: ཤིན་ཏུ་སྦྱང་བ་, Tibetan Wylie: shin tu sbyang ba, Pali: passaddhi) is a Mahayana Buddhist term translated as "pliancy", "flexibility", or "alertness". It is defined as the ability to apply body and mind towards virtuous activity.[1][2] Prasrabhi is identified as:

Translations of
Prasrabhi
Englishpliancy,
alertness,
flexibility
Sanskritप्रश्रब्धि, prasrabhi, praśrabdhi
Palipassaddhi
Chinese輕安(T) / 轻安(S)
Korean경안
(RR: gyeongan)
Tibetanཤིན་ཏུ་སྦྱང་བ།
(Wylie: shin tu sbyang ba;
THL: shintu jangwa
)
Glossary of Buddhism

The Abhidharma-samuccaya states:

What is alertness? It is the pliability of body and mind in order to interrupt the continuity of the feeling of sluggishness in body and mind. Its function is to do away with all obscurations.[1]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Guenther (1975), Kindle Locations 623-624.
  2. ^ Kunsang (2004), p. 25.

References

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  • Guenther, Herbert V. & Leslie S. Kawamura (1975), Mind in Buddhist Psychology: A Translation of Ye-shes rgyal-mtshan's "The Necklace of Clear Understanding". Dharma Publishing. Kindle Edition.
  • Kunsang, Erik Pema (translator) (2004). Gateway to Knowledge, Vol. 1. North Atlantic Books.
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