Vikṣepa
Sign in to saveVikṣepa (Sanskrit; Tibetan phonetic: nampar yengwa) is a Buddhist and Hindu term that is translated as "distraction", "mental wandering", etc. In the Mahayana tradition, vikṣepa is defined as the mental motion or wandering towards an object which causes the inability to remain one-pointedly on a virtuous objective.
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Vikṣepa (Sanskrit; Tibetan phonetic: nampar yengwa) is a Buddhist and Hindu term that is translated as "distraction", "mental wandering", etc. In the Mahayana tradition, vikṣepa is defined as the mental motion or wandering towards an object which causes the inability to remain one-pointedly on a virtuous objective.
Vikṣepa is identified as: One of the twenty secondary unwholesome factors within the Mahayana Abhidharma teachings One of the attributes of Maya in advaita vedanta. Adi Sankara mentions in his Viveka Choodamani (verse 113) that Vikshepa is an effect of Rajo Guna.