In the Karma Kagyu system of specific awareness/deep awareness (rnam-shes ye-shes), the source giving rise, from the karmic legacies and the tendencies of the various mental factors, to the impure, dualistic appearances of nirvana. It is mixed inseparably, like milk with water, with deep awareness alaya.
Tibetan: ཀུན་ཤེས་རྣམ་ཤེས། kun-shes rnam-shes
Sanskrit: ālayavijñāna
Synonyms: Foundational dividing consciousness; Dividing consciousness foundation of all; Foundational specific awareness
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