intention; [the mental factor of] intention; intentionality; ideas; habits; reflect (on); deliberation; reflection; volition; act of will; will (for); find; entrance; discovers; think; seat; resolution; mentality one of the five omnipresent mental factors (kun 'gro lnga, pañca-sarvatraga); for others see: kun 'gro
{sems pa, bsams pa, bsam pa, soms} trans. v.; 1) to think, reflect, assume, apprehend, intend, direct one's mind, pay, attention, be conscious. 2) contemplation, one of the {chos spyod bcu} ten religious practices. 3) intention, motivation, mentation, thinking, directing thought, mentation, apprehension, reflection, volition. 4) will, act of will. 5) motivator, activator. 6) conscious apprehension. 7) Attraction, as one of the five ever-present mental states; one of {kun 'gro lnga}. Def. by Jamgön Kongtrül: {sems yul la g.yo ba'i gnas skabs kyi yid kyi rnam 'byur}, connects primary mind to an object of perception or action. Syn {las} / {'du byed}
<person> Cetanā
<place> Vaidiśa
<term> aspiration, attention, volition