| In [[psychiatry]], categorical models seek to distinguish and define particular mental disorders or illnesses, whilst continuum or dimensional models propose that some people are more extreme than others on particular dimensions. | | In [[psychiatry]], categorical models seek to distinguish and define particular mental disorders or illnesses, whilst continuum or dimensional models propose that some people are more extreme than others on particular dimensions. |
− | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Continuum''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Continuum '''''this link'''''].</center> | + | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Continuum''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Continuum '''''this link'''''].</center> |
| ''Mindstream'' is a '''continuum''' theory in [[Buddha|Buddhist]] [[philosophy]]. In Vajrayana (Tantric Buddhism) it may be understood as an ''upāya'' (Sanskrit) doctrine of the nonlocal and atemporal as resolved into a qualification of omnipresent. The lexical item 'Moment', has been employed in the sense of its etymon "momentum" though the 'stream', 'array' or 'procession' is atemporal and nonlocal or '[[quanta]] of [[consciousness]]' (Tibetan: ''thig le''; Sanskrit: ''Bindu'') proceeding endlessly in a lifetime, between lifetimes (Tibetan: ''Bardo''), from lifetime to lifetime, prior to engagement in the Bhavacakra of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsara Samsara] and beyond as an inclusive continuum (Tibetan: ''rgyud'') rather than an individuated, separate, or discrete perceptual, cognitive, or experiential [[entity]], as in the conception of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atman Ātman]. Waldron (undated) states: | | ''Mindstream'' is a '''continuum''' theory in [[Buddha|Buddhist]] [[philosophy]]. In Vajrayana (Tantric Buddhism) it may be understood as an ''upāya'' (Sanskrit) doctrine of the nonlocal and atemporal as resolved into a qualification of omnipresent. The lexical item 'Moment', has been employed in the sense of its etymon "momentum" though the 'stream', 'array' or 'procession' is atemporal and nonlocal or '[[quanta]] of [[consciousness]]' (Tibetan: ''thig le''; Sanskrit: ''Bindu'') proceeding endlessly in a lifetime, between lifetimes (Tibetan: ''Bardo''), from lifetime to lifetime, prior to engagement in the Bhavacakra of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsara Samsara] and beyond as an inclusive continuum (Tibetan: ''rgyud'') rather than an individuated, separate, or discrete perceptual, cognitive, or experiential [[entity]], as in the conception of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atman Ātman]. Waldron (undated) states: |