Six root destructive emotions

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Six root destructive emotions (Skt. mūlakleśa; Tib. རྩ་ཉོན་དྲུག་, Wyl. rtsa nyon drug) — the six fundamental destructive emotions, from among the fifty-one mental states:

  1. Ignorance (Skt. avidyā; Tib. མ་རིག་པ་, marigpa; Wyl. ma rig pa)
  2. Desire (Skt. rāga; Tib. འདོད་ཆགས་, döchak; Wyl. ‘dod chags)
  3. Anger (Skt. pratigha; Tib. ཁོང་ཁྲོ་, kong tro; Wyl. khong khro)
  4. Pride (Skt. māna; Tib. ང་རྒྱལ་, nga gyal; Wyl. nga rgyal)
  5. Doubt (Skt. vicikitsā; Tib. ཐེ་ཚོམ་, tétsom; Wyl. the tshom)
  6. Beliefs (Skt. dṛṣṭi; Tib. ལྟ་བ་, tawa; Wyl. lta ba)
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