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'''Pride''' or '''arrogance''' (Skt. ''māna''; [[Wyl.]] ''nga rgyal'') is one of the main [[destructive emotions]]. | '''Pride''' or '''arrogance''' (Skt. ''māna''; Tib. [[ང་རྒྱལ་]], ''nga gyal'', [[Wyl.]] ''nga rgyal'') is one of the main [[destructive emotions]] and one of the [[fifty-one mental states]] defined in [[Abhidharma]] literature. According to the ''[[Compendium of Abhidharma]]'', it belongs to the subgroup of the [[six root destructive emotions]]. | ||
==Definitions== | |||
In the ''[[Khenjuk]]'', [[Mipham Rinpoche]] says: | |||
*Tib. ང་རྒྱལ་ནི་འཇིག་ལྟ་ལ་བརྟེན་ནས་སེམས་མཐོ་བའི་རྣམ་པར་ཁེངས་པ་སྟེ། གཞན་ལ་མ་གུས་པ་དང་སྡུག་བསྔལ་འབྱུང་བའི་རྟེན་བྱེད་པ་དེ་ལ་དབྱེ་ན་བདུན་ཡོད་དོ། | |||
*Pride is being full of oneself and thinking one is better, which arises based on the [[view of the transitory collection]]. It creates the basis for disrespecting others and for suffering to arise. It can be divided into seven types. ([[Rigpa Translations]]) | |||
*Arrogance is the conceited attitude of superiority based on the belief in the [transitory] collection. It creates the basis for dis-respecting others and for the occurrence of suffering. It can be divided into seven types. ([[Erik Pema Kunsang]]) | |||
==Subdivisions== | ==Subdivisions== | ||
{{:Seven kinds of pride}} | {{:Seven kinds of pride}} | ||
==Oral Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha== | |||
*[[Ringu Tulku Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 21 June 2018 | |||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
*[[Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang]], ''[[A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'', translated by Padmakara Translation Group (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), pages 268-269. | *[[Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang]], ''[[A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'', translated by Padmakara Translation Group (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), pages 268-269. | ||
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[[Category:Key Terms]] | [[Category:Key Terms]] | ||
[[Category:Destructive Emotions]] | [[Category:Destructive Emotions]] | ||
[[Category:Six root disturbing emotions]] | |||
[[Category:Fifty-one mental states]] | |||
Latest revision as of 11:31, 31 July 2018
Pride or arrogance (Skt. māna; Tib. ང་རྒྱལ་, nga gyal, Wyl. nga rgyal) is one of the main destructive emotions and one of the fifty-one mental states defined in Abhidharma literature. According to the Compendium of Abhidharma, it belongs to the subgroup of the six root destructive emotions.
Definitions
In the Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche says:
- Tib. ང་རྒྱལ་ནི་འཇིག་ལྟ་ལ་བརྟེན་ནས་སེམས་མཐོ་བའི་རྣམ་པར་ཁེངས་པ་སྟེ། གཞན་ལ་མ་གུས་པ་དང་སྡུག་བསྔལ་འབྱུང་བའི་རྟེན་བྱེད་པ་དེ་ལ་དབྱེ་ན་བདུན་ཡོད་དོ།
- Pride is being full of oneself and thinking one is better, which arises based on the view of the transitory collection. It creates the basis for disrespecting others and for suffering to arise. It can be divided into seven types. (Rigpa Translations)
- Arrogance is the conceited attitude of superiority based on the belief in the [transitory] collection. It creates the basis for dis-respecting others and for the occurrence of suffering. It can be divided into seven types. (Erik Pema Kunsang)
Subdivisions
Seven kinds of pride (Tib. ང་རྒྱལ་བདུན་, Wyl. nga rgyal bdun)
- the simple pride (nga rgyal tsam) or lesser pride (nga rgyal chung) of thinking that you are the same as your peers
- the greater pride (che ba'i nga rgyal) of thinking that you are better than your equals
- exceeding pride (nga rgyal las kyang nga rgyal), i.e., thinking you are even better than those who are great
- the pride of thinking "I exist" (nga'o snyam pa'i nga rgyal)
- blatant pride (mngon pa'i nga rgyal), i.e., thinking you have greater qualities than you actually possess
- the pride of thinking that you are slightly inferior (cung zad snyam pa'i nga rgyal), i.e., thinking you are slightly inferior to those who are great, but that you are excellent nonetheless
- unfounded pride (log pa'i nga rgyal) i.e., taking pride in what is actually a fault
Oral Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha
- Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 21 June 2018
Further Reading
- Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang, A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher, translated by Padmakara Translation Group (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), pages 268-269.