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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: | The '''eight worldly preoccupations''' or '''samsaric dharmas''' (Tib. འཇིག་རྟེན་ཆོས་བརྒྱད་, ''jikten chö gyé'', [[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, | ||
Revision as of 23:52, 8 February 2018
The eight worldly preoccupations or samsaric dharmas (Tib. འཇིག་རྟེན་ཆོས་བརྒྱད་, jikten chö gyé, 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
