སྐྱེ་མཆེད་བཅུ་གཉིས། | Glossary of Terms

These comprise the six inner sense fields and six outer sense fields.

These comprise the inner six sense fields and the outer six sense fields.

These comprise six inner sense fields and six outer sense fields. See UT22084-031-002-148 and respective glossary entries.

The twelve fields or sense sources consist of (a) the six sense organs or inner sense fields (Tib. nang gi skye mched drug, Skt. ṣaḍādhyātmikāyatana)‍—the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind‍—and (b) their respective six objects or outer sense fields (Tib. phyi’i skye mched drug, Skt. ṣaḍbāhyāyatana): sights, sounds, odors, tastes, tangible objects, and mental phenomena. They are sometimes collectively called “the six sense sources,” meaning the six pairs of inner and outer sense fields.

These comprise the inner six sense fields and the outer six sense fields.

Twelve collections of similar dharmas under which all compounded and uncompounded dharmas may be included: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind, and their objects‍—visible forms, sounds, smells, flavors, tangibles, and dharmas.

See “sense source.”