Fifty-one mental states

Fifty-one Mental States or Factors (Tib. semjung ngabchu tsachik; Wyl. sems byung lnga bcu rtsa gcig) as mentioned in the Abhidharma teachings.

Five ever-present factors (kun ‘gro lnga)

1. Sensation (tshor ba)
2. Perception (‘du shes)
3. Intention (sems pa)
4. Attention (yid byed)
5. Contact (reg pa)

Five object-determining factors (yul nges lnga)

1. Interest (‘dun pa)
2. Appreciation (mos pa)
3. Mindfulness (dran pa)
4. Concentration (ting ‘dzin)
5. Intelligence (shes rab)

Eleven virtuous states (dge ba’i sems byung bcu gcig)

1. Faith (dad pa)
2. Conscientiousness (bag yod pa)
3. Flexibility (shin tu sbyang ba)
4. Evenness (btang snyoms)
5. Sense of shame (ngo tsha shes pa)
6. Sense of decency (khrel yod pa)
7. Nonattachment (ma chags pa)
8. Nonaggression (zhes sdang med pa)
9. Nondelusion (gti mug med pa)
10. Nonviolence (rnam par mi ‘tshe ba)
11. Diligence (brtson ‘grus)

Six Root Destructive Emotions (rtsa nyon drug)

1. Ignorance (ma rig pa)
2. Desire (‘dod chags)
3. Anger (khong khro ba)
4. Pride (nga rgyal)
5. Doubt (the tshom)
6. Beliefs (lta ba)

Twenty subsidiary destructive emotions (nye nyon nyi shu)

1. Rage (khro ba)
2. Resentment (‘khon du ‘dzin pa)
3. Spitefulness (‘tshig pa)
4. Cruelty (rnam par ‘tshe ba)
5. Envy (phrag dog)
6. Deception (g.yo)
7. Pretension (sgyu)
8. Lack of shame (ngo tsha med pa)
9. Disregard (khrel med pa)
10. Concealment (‘chab pa)
11. Miserliness (ser sna)
12. Self-satisfaction (rgyags pa)
13. Lack of faith (ma dad pa)
14. Laziness (le lo)
15. Carelessness (bag med pa)
16. Forgetfulness (brjed ngas)
17. Inattention (shes bzhin min pa)
18. Lethargy (rmug pa)
19. Excitement (rgod pa)
20. Distraction (rnam par g.yeng ba)

Four Variables (gzhan ‘gyur bzhi)

1. Sleep (gnyid)
2. Regret (‘gyod pa)
3. Conception (rtog pa)
4. Discernment (dpyod pa)