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Luminous mind (Skt: prabhāsvara-citta or ābhāsvara-citta, Pali: pabhassara citta; Tib: འོད་གསལ་གྱི་སེམས་ ’od gsal gyi sems; Ch: 光明心 guangmingxin; Jpn: 清浄心 syōzyōshin; Kor: kwangmyŏngsim) is a Buddhist term which appears only rarely in the Pali Canon, but is common in the Mahayana sūtras[1][2] and central to the Buddhist tantras.[3][4][5] It is variously translated as "brightly shining mind", or "mind of clear light" while the related term luminosity (Skt. prabhāsvaratā; Tib. འོད་གསལ་བ་ ’od gsal ba; Ch. guāng míng; Jpn. syōzyō; Kor. kwangmyōng) is also translated as "clear light"[6] or "luminosity"[7] in Tibetan Buddhist contexts or, "purity" in East Asian contexts.[8]
The Theravada school identifies the "luminous mind" with the bhavanga, a concept first proposed in the Theravāda Abhidhamma.[9] The later schools of the Mahayana identify it with bodhicitta and tathagatagarbha.[10][11] The luminosity of mind is of central importance in the philosophy and practice of the Buddhist tantras,[12] Mahamudra,[13] and Dzogchen.[14]
- ^ Shakyamuni, Buddha (2018). "The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra "The Transcendent Perfection of Wisdom in Ten Thousand Lines"". www.84000.co. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ Asanga (2018), p. 251; Brunnholzl (2014), p. 28; Brunnholzl (2017), p. 68.
- ^ Buswell & Lopez (2013), p. 653.
- ^ Rinpoche, Mipham (2009). Luminous Essence: A Guide to the Guhyagarbha Tantra. Snow Lion. p. 3.
- ^ Brunnholzl, Karl (2009). Luminous Heart: The Third Karmapa on Consciousness, Wisdom, and Buddha Nature. Snow Lion. p. 90.
- ^ Wallace, B. Alan (2016). Heart of the Great Perfection: Dudjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection, Volume One. Wisdom Publications. pp. XXI. ISBN 978-1-61429-348-4.
- ^ Wallace, B. Alan (2016). Heart of the Great Perfection: Dudjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection, Volume One. Wisdom Publications. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-61429-348-4.
- ^ Casey Alexandra Kemp, Luminosity, Oxford Bibliographies, LAST MODIFIED: 26 MAY 2016 DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780195393521-0219
- ^ Collins (1982), p. 238.
- ^ Harvey (1989), p. 99.
- ^ Tsadra Foundation. "Buddha Nature". Buddha Nature. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ Kontrul Lodro Thaye, Jamgon (2005). Treasury of Knowledge, Book 6, Part 4, "Systems of Buddhist Tantra: The Indestructible Way of Secret Mantra". Snow Lion. p. 42.
- ^ Chagme, Karma (1998). A Spacious Path to Freedom: Practical Instructions on the Union of Mahamudra and Atiyoga. Snow Lion. p. 237. ISBN 1-55939-071-9.
- ^ Wallace (2007), pp. 94–96.