The three minds. （1） The three minds of practice: the mind of the precepts 戒， the mind of concentration 定 and the mind of wisdom 慧. （2） Inferior， superior and middling mind. ［俱舍论］ （3） The three minds of the bodhisattva as explained in the Awakening of Faith 起信论: the true mind that is mindful of suchness; the profound mind which endeavors for wholesome activities and the mind of great compassion that seeks to save all sentient beings. Also: the true mind that transcends calculation; the mind of compassionate expedient means and the subtle mind that remains after the arousal of the prior two. （4） The "three minds" of Yoga^ca^ra: the base mind （a^laya 阿赖耶， or eighth consciousness）; the provisional base mind （manas 末那， or seventh consciousness） and the mind involved in worldly discriminations （mano 意 or sixth consciousness）. ［五家解说谊HPC 7.14c1-2］（5） The three minds of progressive observation of the emptiness of self ， emptiness of dharmas （objects）， and emptiness of both at once， as taught in the Yoga^ca^rabhu^mi-/sa^stra. ［瑜伽论 T 1579.30.605c19-24; 二障义 HPC 1.803a6-9］（6） Desire， hatred and ignorance.