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==Translation==
==Translation==
The word 'anger' translates several Tibetan including ''khongtro'' (''khong khro'') and ''shyédang'' (''zhe sdang''). [[His Holiness the Dalai Lama]] has advised that the latter term should be translated as hatred, because the word anger can sometimes, in rare circumstances, be seen as positive, whereas hatred can never be positive. However, when it appears in the context of tantra, he says, it should be translated as anger.
The word 'anger' translates several Tibetan including ''khongtro'' (''khong khro'') and ''shyédang'' (''zhe sdang''). [[His Holiness the Dalai Lama]] has advised that the latter term should be translated as hatred, because the word anger can sometimes, in rare circumstances, be seen as positive, whereas hatred like ''zhe sdang'' can never be positive. However, when it appears in the context of [[tantra]], he says, it should be translated as anger.


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Revision as of 15:00, 29 May 2007

Anger - one of the root disturbing emotions.

Translation

The word 'anger' translates several Tibetan including khongtro (khong khro) and shyédang (zhe sdang). His Holiness the Dalai Lama has advised that the latter term should be translated as hatred, because the word anger can sometimes, in rare circumstances, be seen as positive, whereas hatred like zhe sdang can never be positive. However, when it appears in the context of tantra, he says, it should be translated as anger.