84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཕྱིའི་སྐྱེ་མཆེད་དྲུག | Glossary of Terms

  • ཕྱིའི་སྐྱེ་མཆེད་དྲུག

  • phyi’i skye mched drug
  • ṣaḍbāhyāyatana
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  • six outer sense fields
  • ཕྱིའི་སྐྱེ་མཆེད་དྲུག
  • phyi’i skye mched drug
  • ṣaḍbāhyāyatana
Definition in this text:

The six outer sense fields comprise (1) the sense field of sights, (2) the sense field of sounds, (3) the sense field of odors, (4) the sense field of tastes, (5) the sense field of touch, and (6) the sense field of mental phenomena. These are included in the twelve sense fields.

1 Related glossary entries:

སྐྱེ་མཆེད་དྲུག

  • ṣadāyatana
  • ṣaḍ-āyatanāni
  • ṣaḍāyatana
  • six cognitive fields
  • six entrances
  • six sense bases
  • six sense fields
  • six sense sources
  • six spheres