Eighty indicative conceptions

Eighty indicative conceptions (Wyl. rang bzhin brgyad cu‘i kun rtog) — various emotional and cognitive states. They are divided into three groups:

• the first group (which are states resulting from anger) has thirty-three,
• the second (which are states resulting from desire) has forty, and
• the third (which are states resulting from ignorance) has seven types of conceptualization.

In Detail

33 thought states related to anger

1. [ordinary] detachment
2. medium detachment
3. intense detachment
4. mental engagement
5. mental disengagement
6. lesser sadness
7. medium sadness
8. intense sadness
9. peace
10. conceptualization
11. fear
12. medium fear
13. intense fear
14. craving
15. medium craving
16. intense craving
17. grasping
18. nonvirtue
19. hunger
20. thirst
21. sensation
22. medium sensation
23. intense sensation
24. cognizing
25. fixation-basis for cognizing
26. discrimination
27. conscience
28. compassion
29. love
30. medium love
31. intense love
32. attraction
33. jealousy

Alternative Translations

• eighty inherent thought states

Further Reading

• Glossary in Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, Lamp of Mahamudra (Boston & Shaftesbury: Shambhala, 1989), pages 83-84.
• Dalai Lama, Vision of Enlightenment, page 264 and 300.
• Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying (revised and updated edition, Harper San Francisco, 2002), 'The Inner Dissolution', page 258.
• Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, Mirror of Mindfulness (Boston & Shaftesbury: Shambhala, 1989), pages 32-34.