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.
