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'''Interest''' (Skt. ''chanda''; Tib. [[འདུན་པ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''‘dun pa'') | '''Interest''' (Skt. ''chanda''; Tib. [[འདུན་པ་]], ''dünpa'', [[Wyl.]] ''‘dun pa'') — one of the [[fifty-one mental states]] defined in [[Abhidharma]] literature. According to the ''[[Compendium of Abhidharma]]'', it belongs to the subgroup of the [[five object-determining mental states]]. | ||
==Definition== | ==Definition== | ||
In the ''[[Khenjuk]]'', [[Mipham Rinpoche]] says: | |||
*Tib. འདུན་པ་ནི་འདོད་པའི་དངོས་པོ་ལ་དེ་དང་ལྡན་པར་བྱེད་པ་བརྩོན་འགྲུས་རྩོམ་པའི་རྟེན་བྱེད་པ། | |||
*Interest is to try to possess a desired object. It supports application of [[diligence]]. ([[Rigpa Translations]]) | |||
*Intention is to try to possess a desired object. It supports application of exertion. ([[Erik Pema Kunsang]]) | |||
[[The Ornament of Abhidharma]] says: "observing the six objects, there will be a desire to engage with them, a wish to pursue them." | ''[[The Ornament of Abhidharma]]'' says: "observing the six objects, there will be a desire to engage with them, a wish to pursue them." | ||
==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
*Keenness ([[▷PKT]]) | |||
*Will (Gyurme Dorje) | *Will (Gyurme Dorje) | ||
* Intention (Erik Pema Kunsang) | *Intention (Erik Pema Kunsang, David Karma Choepel) | ||
*Intention or motivatedness (Tony Duff) | |||
==Notes== | |||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Abhidharma]] | ||
[[Category:Fifty-one mental states]] | |||
[[Category:five object-determining mental states]] | |||
Latest revision as of 06:23, 4 January 2018
Interest (Skt. chanda; Tib. འདུན་པ་, dünpa, Wyl. ‘dun pa) — one of the fifty-one mental states defined in Abhidharma literature. According to the Compendium of Abhidharma, it belongs to the subgroup of the five object-determining mental states.
Definition
In the Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche says:
- Tib. འདུན་པ་ནི་འདོད་པའི་དངོས་པོ་ལ་དེ་དང་ལྡན་པར་བྱེད་པ་བརྩོན་འགྲུས་རྩོམ་པའི་རྟེན་བྱེད་པ།
- Interest is to try to possess a desired object. It supports application of diligence. (Rigpa Translations)
- Intention is to try to possess a desired object. It supports application of exertion. (Erik Pema Kunsang)
The Ornament of Abhidharma says: "observing the six objects, there will be a desire to engage with them, a wish to pursue them."
Alternative Translations
- Keenness (▷PKT)
- Will (Gyurme Dorje)
- Intention (Erik Pema Kunsang, David Karma Choepel)
- Intention or motivatedness (Tony Duff)
Notes