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'''Nonattachment''' (Skt. ''alobha''; Tib. [[མ་ཆགས་པ་]], Wyl. ''ma chags 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 [[eleven virtuous states]]. | '''Nonattachment''' (Skt. ''alobha''; Tib. [[མ་ཆགས་པ་]], ''machakpa'', [[Wyl.]] ''ma chags 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 [[eleven virtuous states]]. | ||
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
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*Non-attachment is the absence of desire towards [samsaric] existence or worldly things. It makes one not engage in [[negative actions]]. ([[Rigpa Translations]], [[Erik Pema Kunsang]]) | *Non-attachment is the absence of desire towards [samsaric] existence or worldly things. It makes one not engage in [[negative actions]]. ([[Rigpa Translations]], [[Erik Pema Kunsang]]) | ||
==Alternative Translations== | |||
*detachment | |||
[[Category:Abhidharma]] | [[Category:Abhidharma]] | ||
[[Category:Fifty-one mental states]] | [[Category:Fifty-one mental states]] | ||
[[Category:Eleven virtuous states]] | [[Category:Eleven virtuous states]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:14, 7 February 2018
Nonattachment (Skt. alobha; Tib. མ་ཆགས་པ་, machakpa, Wyl. ma chags 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 eleven virtuous states.
Definitions
In the Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche says:
- Tib. མ་ཆགས་པ་ནི་སྲིད་པ་དང་སྲིད་པའི་ཡོ་བྱད་ལ་མ་ཆགས་པ་སྟེ་ཉེས་སྤྱོད་ལ་མི་འཇུག་པར་བྱེད་པའོ།
- Non-attachment is the absence of desire towards [samsaric] existence or worldly things. It makes one not engage in negative actions. (Rigpa Translations, Erik Pema Kunsang)
Alternative Translations
- detachment