Praśrabhi

For the equivalent Theravada term, see passaddhi.

Prasrabhi (Sanskrit; Tibetan: ཤིན་ཏུ་སྦྱང་བ་, Tibetan Wylie: shin tu sbyang ba, Pali: passaddhi) is a Mahayana Buddhist term translated as "pliancy", "flexibility", or "alertness". It is defined as the ability to apply body and mind towards virtuous activity.^[1][2] Prasrabhi is identified as:

• One of the 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.

Translations of Prasrabhi
English	pliancy, alertness, flexibility
Sanskrit	प्रश्रब्धि, prasrabhi, praśrabdhi
Pali	passaddhi
Chinese	輕安(T) / 轻安(S)
Korean	경안 (RR: gyeongan)
Tibetan	ཤིན་ཏུ་སྦྱང་བ། (Wylie: shin tu sbyang ba; THL: shintu jangwa)
Glossary of Buddhism

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.^[1]

See also

• Mental factors (Buddhism)
• Passaddhi - the equivalent term in Theravada