Three causes of disturbing emotions
Three causes of disturbing emotions given in the Abhidharma are:
- not having abandoned the latent tendencies or predispositions (nyon mongs pa’i bag la nyal ma spang),
- coming into contact with a provocative object (nyon mongs skye ba’i yul nye bar gnas pa), and
- incorrect thinking/unhelpful attitude (tshul zhin ma yin pa yid la byed pa)