Distorted cognition

A way of being aware of something that takes its object incorrectly. Conceptual distorted cognition is deceived with respect to its conceptualized object (zhen-yul); non-conceptual distorted cognition is deceived with respect to its involved object ('jug-yul).

Tibetan: ལོག་ཤེས། log-shes

Sanskrit: mithyājñāna

J. Hopkins: Wrong consciousness


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Русский: Искажённое познание

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