Deduced forms
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deduced forms (T. བསྡུས་པ་ལས་གྱུར་པའི་གཟུགས་; C. 極略色 (極略)).[1][2] One of the five types of forms that are mental objects, according to the Yogacara school.
The Khenjuk states:
- Deduced forms are the forms of the smallest particles, which, although physical, can only be known mentally..[3]
The Digital Dictionary of Buddhism states:
- 'minute form' ... Atomic particles constituting the five faculties, the five object realms, the four elements and so forth, posited based on intelligent analysis. This is a level of subtlety that can be theorized through analysis, but cannot be perceived by the sense organs. Material objects too small to be seen. The existence of atoms cannot be directly perceived by the five senses, but their existence can be inferred.[4]
And also:
- Minute matter, not directly perceivable by the sense faculties, but inferable. Material objects too small to be seen. Atomic particles constituting the five faculties, the five object realms, the four elements and so forth, posited based on intelligent analysis. This is a level of subtlety that can be theorized through analysis, but cannot be perceived by the sense organs. The existence of atoms cannot be directly perceived by the five senses, but their existence can be inferred. The smallest perceptible particle into which matter can be divided, an atom. See 微塵 (Skt. abhisaṃkṣepika; Tib. bsdu ba las gyur ba). 〔翻譯名義集 T 2131.54.1152c20〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Soothill, Hirakawa, YBh-Ind][1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
極略色 chi-lüeh-se, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
- ↑
བསྡུས་པ་ལས་གྱུར་པའི་གཟུགས་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ Mipham Rinpoche 2004, s.v. Line 1.17.
- ↑ 法處所攝色, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
Sources
Mipham Rinpoche (2004), Gateway to Knowledge, vol. I, translated by Kunsang, Erik Pema, Rangjung Yeshe Publications
