mental vow; Mipham Rinpoche: {sems pa rgyun chags pa sa bon dang bcas pa ste, de'i dbang gis lus ngag gi sdom ba'ang 'thob par byed la, bsam gtan zag med kyi sdom pa ni sems kyi rjes su 'brang ba'o} A mental vow is a continuous intention, together with its seed, which forces one to also obtain the vows of body and speech. The dhyana vow and the undefiling vow exclusively pertain to mind.
mental 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].