Asaṃprajanya

Asaṃprajanya (Sanskrit; Tibetan phonetic: sheshyin minpa) is a Buddhist term that is translated as "inattentiveness", "non-alertness", etc.

In the Mahayana tradition, asaṃprajanya is defined the distracted discrimination accompanying a disturbing emotion.

[1][2] Asaṃprajanya is identified as: Mipham Rinpoche states: The Abhidharma-samuccaya states: Alexander Berzin explains: The significance of this mental factor is noted in the following verse from the Bodhicaryavatara (Chapter V, verse 26):[1] A person who is learned and has trustBut does not apply himself diligentlyWill be sullied by falling from his statusBecause the defect of not being watchful has clung to him.