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'''Diligence''' (Skt. ''vīrya''; Tib. ''tsöndrü''; [[Wyl.]] ''brtson ‘grus'') — one of the [[fifty-one mental states]] defined in [[Abhidharma]] literature. According to the [[Compendium of Abhidharma]], it belongs to the subgroup of the [[Eleven virtuous states]]. It is the fourth of the [[six paramitas]] and the fifth of the [[six powers]] through which the [[nine stages of resting the mind]] are accomplished. The ''[[Bodhicharyavatara]]'' explains the [[four forces]] which support the practice of diligence.
'''Diligence''' (Skt. ''vīrya''; Tib. [[བརྩོན་འགྲུས་]], ''tsöndrü'', [[Wyl.]] ''brtson ‘grus'') — one of the [[fifty-one mental states]] defined in [[Abhidharma]] literature. According to the ''[[Compendium of Abhidharma]]'', it belongs to the subgroup of the [[eleven virtuous states]]. It is also the fourth of the [[six paramitas]] and the fifth of the [[six powers]] through which the [[nine stages of resting the mind]] are accomplished. The ''[[Bodhicharyavatara]]'' explains the [[four forces]] which support the practice of diligence.


==Definition==
==Definition==
In the [[Khenjuk]], [[Mipham Rinpoche]] says
In the ''[[Khenjuk]]'', [[Mipham Rinpoche]] says:
(Tib. ཚོར་བ་ནི་ཉམས་སུ་མྱོང་བའི་མཚན་ཉིད་ཅན་ནོ།)<br/>
*Tib. ཚོར་བ་ནི་ཉམས་སུ་མྱོང་བའི་མཚན་ཉིད་ཅན་ནོ།
*Diligence is taking joy in what is virtuous, positive or wholesome, and then engaging with it. It makes one fully accomplish what is virtuous. ([[Rigpa Translations]])
*Diligence is taking joy in what is virtuous, positive or wholesome, and then engaging with it. It makes one fully accomplish what is virtuous. ([[Rigpa Translations]])
*Diligence is the attitude of gladly engaging in what is virtuous. It makes one fully accomplish what is virtuous. ([[Erik Pema Kunsang]])
*Diligence is the attitude of gladly engaging in what is virtuous. It makes one fully accomplish what is virtuous. ([[Erik Pema Kunsang]])


Diligence is defined as: taking joy in what is virtuous, positive or wholesome. "Taking joy" means that diligence is concerned with the positive actions of the mind, rather than the body and speech. And the word "wholesome", distinguishes diligence from its opposite, laziness, which is taking joy in unwholesome, worldly pursuits.  
Diligence is defined as: taking joy in what is virtuous, positive or wholesome. "Taking joy" means that diligence is concerned with the [[positive actions]] of the mind, rather than the body and speech. And the word "wholesome", distinguishes diligence from its opposite, [[laziness]], which is taking joy in unwholesome, worldly pursuits.  


==Subdivisions==
==Subdivisions==
There are three subdivisions:
There are three subdivisions:
#armour-like diligence
#armour-like diligence
#diligence in action
#diligence in action
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[[Chökyi Drakpa]] says:
[[Chökyi Drakpa]] says:
:"Diligence is divided into '''armour-like diligence'''; '''diligence in action''', which means exerting yourself to practice the Dharma and fearing laziness with as much energy as someone who discovers a poisonous snake in his or her lap; and '''insatiable diligence'''. Insatiable diligence is never being satisfied by a little, or a few months, or even a few years of virtuous practice, and instead exerting yourself to practise throughout your entire life."
:"Diligence is divided into '''armour-like diligence'''; '''diligence in action''', which means exerting yourself to practice the Dharma and fearing laziness with as much energy as someone who discovers a poisonous snake in his or her lap; and '''insatiable diligence'''. Insatiable diligence is never being satisfied by a little, or a few months, or even a few years of virtuous practice, and instead exerting yourself to practise throughout your entire life."


==Alternative Translations==
==Alternative Translations==
*Perseverance (Gyurme Dorje, Tony Duff<ref>Tony Duff: "Perseverance". The original Sanskrit conveys the sense of "energetic application" to any task. When Tibetan Buddhism glosses the meaning in a dharma context, the word is explained as having three, simultaneous connotations: 1) primarily that effort is put out towards achieving a goal, i.e., it is the opp. of laziness; 2) and secondarily that the goal towards which one is exerting oneself is a virtuous goal; and 3) that the exertion is carried out with vigour because of enthusiasm or joy for the task at hand. There are a number of words in English which carry some of these connotations, especially 1) and these have all been used as translations of this term. The most commonly used ones which seem closest to the meaning are "exertion" and "perseverance". Because of the important part of the definition that the effort is made with delight in what is virtuous, the term, "enthusiastic perseverance" has also often been used. "Diligence" follows those terms in frequency of usage but diligence is more concerned with the continuity rather than the effort itself. "Vigour" has been used but that seems lacks the needed sense of continuity of effort</ref>)
*Perseverance (Gyurme Dorje, Tony Duff)
*Endeavour
*Endeavour
*Enthusiastic effort
*Enthusiastic effort
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*Vigour
*Vigour
*Zeal
*Zeal
==Further Reading==
*[[Patrul Rinpoche]], ''[[The Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'' (Yale University Press, Revised edition, 2010). ISBN 978-0300165326, pages 245-248
*[[Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang]], ''[[A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'', translated by Padmakara Translation Group (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), ISBN 978-1590300732, pages 193-196


==Internal Links==
==Internal Links==
*[[Four forces]]
*[[Four forces]]
==Notes==
<small><references/></small>


[[Category:Key Terms]]
[[Category:Key Terms]]

Latest revision as of 09:35, 8 March 2022

Diligence (Skt. vīrya; Tib. བརྩོན་འགྲུས་, tsöndrü, Wyl. brtson ‘grus) — one of the fifty-one mental states defined in Abhidharma literature. According to the Compendium of Abhidharma, it belongs to the subgroup of the eleven virtuous states. It is also the fourth of the six paramitas and the fifth of the six powers through which the nine stages of resting the mind are accomplished. The Bodhicharyavatara explains the four forces which support the practice of diligence.

Definition

In the Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche says:

  • Tib. ཚོར་བ་ནི་ཉམས་སུ་མྱོང་བའི་མཚན་ཉིད་ཅན་ནོ།
  • Diligence is taking joy in what is virtuous, positive or wholesome, and then engaging with it. It makes one fully accomplish what is virtuous. (Rigpa Translations)
  • Diligence is the attitude of gladly engaging in what is virtuous. It makes one fully accomplish what is virtuous. (Erik Pema Kunsang)

Diligence is defined as: taking joy in what is virtuous, positive or wholesome. "Taking joy" means that diligence is concerned with the positive actions of the mind, rather than the body and speech. And the word "wholesome", distinguishes diligence from its opposite, laziness, which is taking joy in unwholesome, worldly pursuits.

Subdivisions

There are three subdivisions:

  1. armour-like diligence
  2. diligence in action
  3. insatiable (or unstoppable) diligence

Chökyi Drakpa says:

"Diligence is divided into armour-like diligence; diligence in action, which means exerting yourself to practice the Dharma and fearing laziness with as much energy as someone who discovers a poisonous snake in his or her lap; and insatiable diligence. Insatiable diligence is never being satisfied by a little, or a few months, or even a few years of virtuous practice, and instead exerting yourself to practise throughout your entire life."

Alternative Translations

  • Perseverance (Gyurme Dorje, Tony Duff)
  • Endeavour
  • Enthusiastic effort
  • Heroic perseverance or joyful diligence (Padmakara Translation Group)
  • Joyful effort
  • Strenuousness
  • Vigour
  • Zeal

Further Reading

Internal Links

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