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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: 光明心 kōmyōshin) is a Buddhist term that appears only rarely in the Pali Canon, but is common in the Mahayana sūtras[1] and central to the Buddhist tantras.[2] 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. kōmyō; Kor. kwangmyōng) is also translated as "clear light"[3] or "luminosity"[4] in Tibetan Buddhist contexts or "purity" in East Asian contexts.[5]
The Theravada school identifies the "luminous mind" with the bhavanga, a concept first proposed in the Theravāda Abhidhamma.[6] The later schools of the Mahayana identify it with bodhicitta and tathagatagarbha.[7][8] The luminosity of mind is of central importance in the philosophy and practice of the Buddhist tantras,[9] Mahamudra,[10] and Dzogchen.[11]
- ^ Asanga (2018), p. 251; Brunnholzl (2014), p. 28; Brunnholzl (2017), p. 68.
- ^ Mipham (2009), p. 3; Brunnholzl (2009), p. 90; Buswell & Lopez (2013), p. 653.
- ^ Wallace (2016), p. xxi.
- ^ Wallace (2016), p. 134.
- ^ Kemp (2016).
- ^ 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.
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