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Mental factors (Sanskrit: ''caitasika''; Pali: ''cetasika''; Tibetan Wylie: ''sems byung''), in Buddhism, are identified within the teachings of the Abhidharma (Buddhist psychology). They are defined as aspects of the mind that apprehend the quality of an object, and that have the ability to color the mind. Within the Abhidharma, the mental factors are categorized as formations (Sanskrit: saṅkhāra) concurrent with mind (Sanskrit: citta).〔Guenther (1975), Kindle Location 321.〕〔Kunsang (2004), p. 23.〕〔Geshe Tashi Tsering (2006), Kindle Location 456.〕 Alternate translations for mental factors (Sanskrit: ''caitasika'') include "mental states", "mental events", and "concomitants of consciousness". ==Introduction== Mental factors are aspects of the mind that apprehend the quality of an object and have the ability to color the mind. Geshe Tashi Tsering explains: :The Tibetan for mental factors, ''semlay jungwa chö'' (Skt. ''chaitasika dharma''), means phenomena arising from the mind, suggesting that the mental factors are not primary to the mind but arise within a larger framework. A mental factor, again, is defined as the aspect of the mind that apprehends a particular quality of an object. Because it is characterized by the qualities of activity and non-neutrality, it has the ability to color the mind in dependence on the way it manifests. Hence, a feeling of desire from seeing what is conceived as a beautiful object affects the other mental factors that are present at that time, and this colors the whole mind.〔Geshe Tashi Tsering (2006), Kindle Locations 564-568.〕 The relationship between the main mind (Sanskrit: citta) and the mental factors can be described by the following metaphors: * The main mind is like screen in a cinema, and the mental factors are like the images projected on the screen. In this analogy, we typically do not notice the screen because we are so caught up on the images. * The main mind is like a king who sits passively on a throne, and the mental factors are like the king's busy ministers.〔 Traleg Rinpoche states that the main distinction between the mind and mental factors is that the mind apprehends an object as a whole, whereas mental factors apprehend an object in its particulars.〔Traleg Rinpoche (1993). p. 59〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mental factors (Buddhism)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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