मनसिकार
Manasikāra
Attention / Mental noting / Directing the mind
作意
Grammar 語法
masculine noun (a-stem): manas (mind) + ikāra (doing) — 'doing with the mind'
Definition 釋義
Attention — one of the seven universal mental factors (sabbacittasādhāraṇa cetasika) present in every moment of consciousness. Manasikāra directs the mind toward its object. Its quality — yoniso manasikāra (wise/systematic attention) or ayoniso manasikāra (unwise/unsystematic attention) — determines whether wholesome or unwholesome mental states will arise in the javana phase. The Buddha identified ayoniso manasikāra as the root cause of unwholesome states arising: 'One attends unwisely to what should not be attended to, and does not attend to what should.' Yoniso manasikāra attends to things in terms of anicca, dukkha, anattā, and the arising and passing of phenomena.
Canonical Example 典籍例句
Ayoniso manasikārā anuppannā ceva akusalā dhammā uppajjanti.
Through unwise attention, unarisen unwholesome states arise.
Source: AN 1.16 (Nīvaraṇappahāna Sutta)
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- Manasikāra
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- 作意
- Difficulty
- intermediate
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