(1) Non-conceptual straightforward cognition of places, times, and distances that are obscure phenomena and of situations that are extremely obscure phenomena. (2) A general term for both the six types of advanced awareness and the five extrasensory eyes, both of which are gained as a byproduct of the attainment of an actual state of the first level of mental constancy (the first dhyana).
Tibetan: མངོན་ཤེས། mngon-shes
Sanskrit: abhijñā
J. Hopkins: Clairvoyance
Synonyms: Heightened awareness; Extrasensory perception
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