| 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. |
− | '''Mindstream''' is a compound lexical item composed of ''[[mind]]'' and ''[[stream]]'' used to translate a term from [[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 [[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 [[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 [[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 [[Ātman]]. Waldron (undated) states: |
| Indian Buddhists see the 'evolution' of mind i[n] terms of the continuity of individual mind-streams from one lifetime to the next, with karma as the basic causal mechanism whereby transformations are transmitted from one life to the next. | | Indian Buddhists see the 'evolution' of mind i[n] terms of the continuity of individual mind-streams from one lifetime to the next, with karma as the basic causal mechanism whereby transformations are transmitted from one life to the next. |