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'''Eight antidotes''' or remedies (Skt. ''aṣṭapratipakṣasaṃskāra''; Tib. [[འདུ་བྱེད་]]བརྒྱད་, ''du ché gyé''; [[Wyl.]] '' 'du byed brgyad'') — the antidotes to the [[five faults]] or obstacles to [[meditation]]. | '''Eight antidotes''' or '''remedies''' (Skt. ''aṣṭapratipakṣasaṃskāra''; Tib. [[འདུ་བྱེད་]]བརྒྱད་, ''du ché gyé''; [[Wyl.]] '' 'du byed brgyad'') — the antidotes to the [[five faults]] or obstacles to [[shamatha]] [[meditation]]. | ||
The first four of these are antidotes to [[laziness]]: | The first four of these are antidotes to [[laziness]]: | ||
Revision as of 18:48, 3 April 2011
Eight antidotes or remedies (Skt. aṣṭapratipakṣasaṃskāra; Tib. འདུ་བྱེད་བརྒྱད་, du ché gyé; Wyl. 'du byed brgyad) — the antidotes to the five faults or obstacles to shamatha meditation.
The first four of these are antidotes to laziness:
- Aspiration, or interest (Tib. མོས་པ་, möpa)
- Exertion (Tib. རྩོལ་བ་, tsolwa)
- Faith (Tib. དད་པ་, dépa)
- Pliancy, or flexibility (Tib. ཤིན་སྦྱངས་, shinjang)
- The fifth antidote, which is the antidote to the second fault, forgetting the instructions or the object of focus, is mindfulness (Tib. དྲན་པ་, drenpa).
- The sixth antidote, which is the antidote to dullness and agitation, is awareness (Tib. ཤེས་བཞིན་, shé shyin).
- The seventh antidote, which is the antidote to the forth fault, under-application, is attention (Tib. སེམས་པ་, sempa).
- The eighth antidote, which is the antidote to the fifth fault, over-application, is equanimity (Tib. བཏང་སྙོམས་, tang nyom).
Further Reading
- Sogyal Rinpoche, A Treasury of Dharma (Lodeve: Rigpa, 2005), pages 191-205.