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{{Short description|Buddhist term}}
{{for|the equivalent [[Theravada]] term|passaddhi}}
{{Buddhist term
| fontsize=100%
| title=Prasrabhi
| pi= passaddhi
| sa= प्रश्रब्धि, prasrabhi, praśrabdhi
| en= pliancy,<br/> alertness,<br/> flexibility
| bo= ཤིན་ཏུ་སྦྱང་བ།
| bo-Latn=[[Wylie transliteration|Wylie]]: shin tu sbyang ba; <br />[[THL Simplified Phonetic Transcription|THL]]: shintu jangwa
| ko = [[:ko:경안|경안]]
| ko-Latn = gyeongan
| zh= [[:zh:輕安|輕安]](T) / [[:zh:轻安|轻安]](S)
}}
'''Prasrabhi''' (Sanskrit; Tibetan: ཤིན་ཏུ་སྦྱང་བ་, Tibetan Wylie: ''shin tu sbyang ba'', Pali: [[passaddhi]]) is a Mahayana [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] term translated as "pliancy", "flexibility",  or "alertness". It is defined as the ability to apply body and mind towards virtuous activity.<ref name=g1>Guenther (1975), Kindle Locations 623-624.</ref><ref name=eric1>Kunsang (2004), p. 25.</ref>  ''Prasrabhi'' is identified as:
* One of the [[Mental factors (Buddhism)#Eleven virtuous mental factors|eleven virtuous mental factors]] within the Mahayana [[Abhidharma]] teachings.
* One of the [[eight antidotes]] applied to overcome obstacles in [[Samatha]] meditation within the Mahayana tradition.
The [[Abhidharma-samuccaya]] states:
:What is alertness? It is the pliability of body and mind in order to interrupt the continuity of the feeling of sluggishness in body and mind. Its function is to do away with all obscurations.<ref name="g1"/>
== See also ==
* [[Mental factors (Buddhism)]]
* [[Passaddhi]] - the equivalent term in Theravada
== Notes ==
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== References ==
* [[Herbert V. Guenther|Guenther, Herbert V.]] &  Leslie S. Kawamura (1975), ''Mind in Buddhist Psychology: A Translation of Ye-shes rgyal-mtshan's "The Necklace of Clear Understanding"''. Dharma Publishing. Kindle Edition.
* [[Erik Pema Kunsang|Kunsang, Erik Pema]] (translator) (2004). ''Gateway to Knowledge, Vol. 1''. North Atlantic Books.
== External links ==
* [http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/shin_tu_sbyang_ba Ranjung Yeshe wiki entry for ''shin_tu_sbyang_ba'']
* [http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/about/glossary/glossary_tibetan.html#xshin-sbyang%29 Berzin Archives glossary entry for "shin-sbyangs"]
* [http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Pliancy Riga wiki entry for "pliancy"]
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