- ཤེས་པ་, shépa (Wyl. ''shes pa), which is basic knowing or cognizance
- ཤེས་བཞིན་, shéshyin (Wyl. shes bzhin), which is also translated as vigilance or watchful awareness
- རིག་པ་, rigpa (Wyl. rig pa), which is the pure awareness of the Dzogchen teachings
There are five types of sense awareness:
tongue awareness, and
the spacious depth of consciousness in the headspace without the light of pure me and motionlessness of horizontal absorption; the space of consciousness in-between conscious me and pure consciousness.