Conditions

གྲོགས་བྱེད་པ། རྐྱེན་གྱི་མཚན་ཉིད།
Definition: Helper.

When divided:

1. causal condition རྒྱུ་རྐྱེན།
2. observed-object condition དམིགས་རྐྱེན།
3. empowering condition བདག་རྐྱེན།
4. immediately preceding condition དེ་མ་ཐག་རྐྱེན།

In brief:

• If it is a sense consciousness, it is pervaded by possessing all three conditions.
• If it is a consciousness, it is pervaded by possessing 3 + 4.
• If it is a sense consciousness, it is pervaded by possessing a physical sense-power that is its uncommon empowering condition.
• If it is a mental consciousness, it is pervaded by possessing a mental sense-power that is its uncommon empowering condition.

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