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The '''eight worldly preoccupations | The '''eight worldly preoccupations''' or '''samsaric dharmas''' (Tib. འཇིག་རྟེན་ཆོས་བརྒྱད་, [[Wyl.]] ''‘jig rten chos brgyad'') are where all one’s actions are governed by: | ||
*hope for happiness and fear of suffering, | *hope for happiness and fear of suffering, | ||
*hope for fame and fear of insignificance, | *hope for fame and fear of insignificance, | ||
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They are mentioned in verse 29 of [[Nagarjuna]]'s ''[[Letter to a Friend]]''. | They are mentioned in verse 29 of [[Nagarjuna]]'s ''[[Letter to a Friend]]''. | ||
==Alternative Translations== | |||
*eight worldly concerns | |||
*eight mundane obsessions | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 22:39, 17 January 2018
The eight worldly preoccupations or samsaric dharmas (Tib. འཇིག་རྟེན་ཆོས་བརྒྱད་, Wyl. ‘jig rten chos brgyad) are where all one’s actions are governed by:
- hope for happiness and fear of suffering,
- hope for fame and fear of insignificance,
- hope for praise and fear of blame,
- hope for gain and fear of loss;
basically attachment and aversion.
They are mentioned in verse 29 of Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend.
Alternative Translations
- eight worldly concerns
- eight mundane obsessions
