Non-concurrent formations

The term non-concurrent formations (Skt. viprayukta saṃskāra; T. ldan min 'du byed ལྡན་མིན་འདུ་བྱེད་) is used in the Tibetan tradition as a shortened form of the expression "formations that are not concurrent with mind" (S. cittaviprayuktasaṃskāra; T. sems dang ldan pa ma yin pa’i ’du byed). These are defined as conditioned phenomena (samskara) that are neither matter nor consciousness.

Further reading:

• Formations not concurrent with mind

Alternative translations

• nonassociated formative factors (Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics)
• distinct formative factor (Lama Chökyi Nyima)
• non-associated conditioning factors (Padmakara)
• non-associated compositional factor (Hopkins, Tsepak Rigdzin, Valby, et al)
• nonconcurrent formations (Erik Pema Kunsang, Light of Wisdom, Vol. 1)