faculty vow; Mipham Rinpoche: {yid dang dbang shes kyi 'khor du byung ba'i dran pa dang shes bzhin la yid dang dbang po'i sdom pa zhes pa'i tha snyad mdzad do} Mindfulness and alertness, which occur in association with the mental faculty and the consciousnesses of the sense faculties, are given the designation 'mental vow' and 'faculty vow' [respectively].