Advayajñāna

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advayajñāna (T. gnyis su med pa’i ye shes; C. bu’erzhi; J. funichi; K. puriji 不二智). Translated as "non-dual knowledge", "non-dual wakefulness", etc.[1][2]

A non-dual (advaya) knowledge (jñāna) that transcends "the subject-object bifurcation that governs all conventional states of sensory consciousness, engendering a distinctive type of awareness that is able to remain conscious without any longer requiring an object of consciousness."[1]

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