nyon mongs

nyon mongs

Desire, hatred and anger, dullness, pride, and jealousy, as well as all their derivatives, said to number 84,000. Also translated "afflictions."

Desire, hatred and anger, dullness, pride, and jealousy, as well as all their derivatives, said to number 84,000. Also translated "passions."

Literally "pain," "torment," or "affliction." In Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit it literally means "impurity" or "depravity." In its technical use in Buddhism it means any negative quality in the mind that causes continued existence in saṃsāra. The basic three kleśas are ignorance, attachment, and aversion.

Literally "pain," "torment," or "affliction." In Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit it means literally "impurity" or "depravity." In its technical use in Buddhism it means any negative quality in the mind that causes continued existence in saṃsāra. The basic three kleśas are ignorance, attachment, and aversion.
affliction

Negative qualities in the mind, the basic three being ignorance, attachment, and aversion.

See "afflicted mental state."

The essentially pure nature of mind is obscured and afflicted by various psychological defilements known as the afflicted mental states, which destroy the mind's peace and composure. Included among them are the primary afflictions of fundamental ignorance, attachment, aversion, pride, doubt, and twenty subsidiary afflictions.

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