Six Stains
The six stains ( Tib. དྲི་མ་དྲུག, drima druk, Wyl. dri ma drug) 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
- Khenpo Kunpal, The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech, translated by Padmakara Translation Group. Published by Shambhala. ISBN 978-1-59030-439-6, pages 24-25.
