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The '''six stains''' ([[Wyl.]] ''dri ma drug''; Tib. དྲི་མ་དྲུག་) are forms of conduct to be avoided when listening to the teachings. They are mentioned in [[Vasubandhu]]’s ''[[Well Explained Reasoning]]'': | The '''six stains''' ([[Wyl.]] ''dri ma drug''; Tib. དྲི་མ་དྲུག་) are forms of conduct to be avoided when listening to the teachings. They are mentioned in [[Vasubandhu]]’s ''[[Well Explained Reasoning]]'': | ||
:Arrogance, lack of [[faith]], | :[[Arrogance]], lack of [[faith]], | ||
:Lack of any interest, | :Lack of any interest, | ||
:Outward distraction, inward tension, | :Outward distraction, inward tension, | ||
Revision as of 05:50, 2 June 2011
The six stains (Wyl. dri ma drug; Tib. དྲི་མ་དྲུག་) are forms of conduct to be avoided when listening to the teachings. They are mentioned in Vasubandhu’s Well Explained Reasoning:
- Arrogance, lack of faith,
- Lack of any interest,
- Outward distraction, inward tension,
- And discouragement are the six stains.[1].
Tibetan
༈ རྣམ་བཤད་རིག་པ་ལས།
- ང་རྒྱལ་དང་ནི་མ་དད་དང་། །
- དོན་དུ་གཉེར་བ་མེད་ཉིད་དང་། །
- ཕྱི་རོལ་རྣམ་གཡེངས་ནང་དུ་སྡུད། །
- སྐྱོ་བས་ཉན་པ་དྲི་མ་ཡིན། །
References
- ↑ *Patrul Rinpoche, Preliminary Points to be Explained When Teaching the Buddha’s Word or the Treatises, translated by Adam Pearcey
Further Reading
- Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher, translated by Padmakara Translation Group, ISBN 0-06-066449-5, pages 12-15