Sheshin
From LabelingThoughts
Sheshin is a Tibetan term meaning "presently knowing" or "introspection" or "awareness". It is the aspect of mind that knows what mind is doing currently. In a meditation practice, it is the aspect of mind that knows we are no longer following our object of meditation.
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Further reading
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Mipham, Sakyong (2000) 2000 Seminary Transcripts Book 1
- page 49
- a definition of sheshin
- pages 59-62
- sheshin and the twelve nidanas, why awareness of mind is necessary, and that we cultivate this through meditation
- page 80
- sheshin is the "abstract watcher" that the vidyadhara described
- pages 82-83
- sheshin is the same mind that knows what you're doing right now
- page 85
- it's not just the sixth consciousness
Mipham, Sakyong (2000) 2000 Seminary Transcripts Book 2
- page 8
- blanking out is losing awareness, losing sheshin
- page 20
- sheshin can also foretell what is about to arise
- page 69
- sheshin is used as an example or a measure of our preparation for vipashyana
Mipham, Sakyong (2002) Taming the Mind and Walking the Bodhisattava Path
- pages 6, 94
