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Mind and Awareness

Commentary by the Venerable Geshe Doga

Translated by the Venerable Tenzin Dongak

Outline with links to transcripts, discussions, and tests

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Mind and Awareness

Commentary by the Venerable Geshe Doga

10 August 2001

Objects {1}

Object possessors {2}

Person {2.1}

Awareness {2.2}

Valid cogniser {2.2.1}

Direct valid cogniser {2.2.1.1}

Direct sense perception {2.2.1.1.a}

17 August 2001

Mental direct perception {2.2.1.1.b}

Self-knowing direct perception {2.2.1.1.c}

Yogic direct perception {2.2.1.1.d}

18 August 2001 (d)

19 August 2001 (t)

24 August 2001

Self-knowing valid cogniser {2.2.1.1.c}

Dense direct valid cogniser {2.2.1.1.a}

Mental direct valid cogniser {2.2.1.1.b}

Yogic direct valid cogniser {2.2.1.1.d}

False direct perception {2.2.2}

Conceptual false direct conception {2.2.2.1}

Non-conceptual false direct perception {2.2.2.2}

Inferential valid cognisers {2.2.3}

Inferential valid cogniser through fact {2.2.3.1}

Inferential valid cogniser through renown {2.2.3.2}

Inferential valid cogniser through faith {2.2.3.3}

31 August 2001

Inferential valid cognisers through faith {2.2.3.3}

Awarenesses which are non-prime cognisersError! Reference source not found. {3}

Subsequent cognisers {3.1}

Non-conceptual subsequent cogniser {3.1.1}

Conceptual subsequent cogniser {3.1.2}

Conceptual subsequent cogniser induced by direct perception {3.1.2.1}

Conceptual subsequent cogniser induced by an inferential valid cogniser {3.1.2.2}

Correct assumption {3.2}

Correct assumption without reason {3.2.1}

Correct assumption contrary to reason {3.2.2}

Correct assumption with inconclusive reason {3.2.3}

Correct assumption with non-established reason {3.2.4}

Correct assumption with reason which is not understood {3.2.5}

7 September 2001

Awarenesses to which the object appears but isn’t {3.3}

Doubt {3.4}

Wrong awareness {3.5}

Conceptual wrong awareness {3.5.1}

Non-conceptual wrong awareness {3.5.1}

Other divisions of awarenessError! Reference source not found. {4}

Conceptual awareness that has a meaning generality as its held object {4.1}

14 September 2001

Definition {4.1.1}

Based on sound generality {4.1.1.1}

Based on meaning generality {4.1.1.2}

Based on both sound and meaning generality {4.1.1.3}

The held object {4.1.1.4}

Applying name and meaning {4.1.2}

The concordance of conceptual thoughts with reality {4.1.3}

Non-conceptual, non-mistaken knower which holds a self-characterised appearing object {4.2}

Non-conceptual wrong awareness {4.3}

Non-conceptual mistaken knowers {4.3.1}

Sense non-conceptual mistaken knower {4.3.1.1}

Mental non-conceptual mistaken knower {4.3.1.2}

Self-knowers and other knowers {4.3.2}

Mind and mental factors {4.4}