Eighty indicative conceptions
Eighty indicative conceptions (Tib. རང་བཞིན་བརྒྱད་ཅུ‘ཨི་ཀུན་རྟོག, rangshyin gyechu i küntok, Wyl. rang bzhin brgyad cu‘i kun rtog) — various emotional and cognitive states. They are divided into three groups:
- the first group (which are states resulting from anger) has thirty-three,
- the second (which are states resulting from desire) has forty, and
- the third (which are states resulting from ignorance) has seven types of conceptualization.
In Detail[1]
- [ordinary] detachment
- medium detachment
- intense detachment
- mental engagement
- mental disengagement
- lesser sadness
- medium sadness
- intense sadness
- peace
- conceptualization
- fear
- medium fear
- intense fear
- craving
- medium craving
- intense craving
- grasping
- nonvirtue
- hunger
- thirst
- sensation
- medium sensation
- intense sensation
- cognizing
- fixation-basis for cognizing
- discrimination
- conscience
- compassion
- love
- medium love
- intense love
- attraction
- jealousy
- desire
- clinging
- joy
- medium joy
- intense joy
- rejoicing
- deep respect
- amazement
- satisfaction
- sensual excitement
- embracing
- kissing
- sucking
- clasping
- vigor
- pride
- engagement
- accompanying
- strength
- delight
- lesser joining in bliss
- medium joining in bliss
- intense joining in bliss
- haughtiness
- flirtation
- hostility
- virtue
- lucidity
- truth
- untruth
- understanding
- grasping
- generosity
- encouragement
- courage
- shamelessness
- retention
- viciousness
- unruliness
- deceitfulness
Alternative Translations
- eighty inherent thought states
Further Reading
- Glossary in Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, Lamp of Mahamudra (Boston & Shaftesbury: Shambhala, 1989), pages 83-84.
- Dalai Lama, Vision of Enlightenment, page 264 and 300.
- Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying (revised and updated edition, Harper San Francisco, 2002), 'The Inner Dissolution', page 258.
- Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, Mirror of Mindfulness (Boston & Shaftesbury: Shambhala, 1989), pages 32-34.
Notes
- ↑ Based on Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, Mirror of Mindfulness, pages 32-34.