Three types of mindfulness

Three types of mindfulness (T. dran pa nye bar bzhag pa gsum). Also translated as "three mindfulness of the tathagata", etc. One of the twenty-one sets of undefiled qualities.

The Treasury of Precious Qualities states:

The threefold limpidity (dran pa nyer bzhag rnam gsum). (1) Buddhas experience no elation when people listen to them respectfully, worshipfully, and undistractedly. (2) Neither are they irritated when the opposite occurs. (3) And when both situations occur together, they are troubled by neither of these emotions.

The Khenjuk states:

The [next] category is the three applications of mindfulness: application of mindfulness without attachment to the respectfully listening audience, application of mindfulness without aversion to disrespect or lack of attention, and application of mindfulness with neither attachment to attention nor aversion towards the absence of attention.

Sources

• Jigme Lingpa; Kangyur Rinpoche (2010), Treasury of Precious Qualities, Book One, translated by Padmakara Translation Group, Boston: Shambhala Publications 
• Mipham Rinpoche (2002), Gateway to Knowledge, vol. III, translated by Kunsang, Erik Pema, Rangjung Yeshe Publications