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The '''eight incidental circumstances which make dharma impossible''' (Tib. ''‘phral byung rkyen gyi mi khoms brgyad'') are:
The '''eight incidental circumstances which make [[Dharma]] impossible''' (Tib. འཕྲལ་བྱུང་རྐྱེན་གྱི་མི་ཁོམས་བརྒྱད་, ''tral jung kyen gyi mikhom gyé'', [[Wyl.]] ''‘phral byung rkyen gyi mi khoms brgyad'') are:
   
   
*1. misled by corrupting influences
#being misled by corrupting influences
*2. the five poisons raging inside
#the [[five poisons]] raging inside
*3. negative karma overtakes us
#when negative [[karma]] overtakes us
*4. distracted by laziness
#being distracted by [[laziness]]
*5. being enslaved
#being enslaved
*6. practising out of fear
#practising out of fear
*7. merely pretending to practise
#merely pretending to practise
*8. chronically senseless and stupid
#being chronically senseless and stupid


[[Longchenpa]]’s ''[[Wish-Fulfilling Treasury]]'' explains:
:Being disturbed by the [[five poisons]], deluded, and possessed by the [[mara]]s,
:Being lazy and letting the sea of evil [[karma]] overflow,
:Being controlled by others, seeking shelter from fear, and pretending to be [[Dharma|dharmic]]―
These are the '''eight unfree states due to temporary conditions'''. (''Aka'' Eight incidental circumstances which make Dharma impossible) <ref>[[Jokyab Rinpoche|Jokyab]]’s Notes p.259, ‘The Light of Wisdom’ Volume 1. Root text by [[Padmasambhava]] and commentary by [[Jamgön Kongtrül]] the Great. Published by Shambhala Publications ISBN 0-87773-566-2</ref>
==References==
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==Alternative Translations==
*Eight intrusive circumstances that leave no freedom to practise the Dharma (Padmakara)
*Eight unfree states due to temporary conditions (Erik Pema Kunsang)
*Eight obstructive circumstances that prevent true practice of the Dharma (Padmakara Translation Group in [[Yönten Dzö|''Treasury of Precious Qualities'']]
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*[[Eight impossible states where mind cuts us off from the Dharma]]
*[[Eight freedoms]]
*[[Five circumstantial advantages]]
*[[Five personal advantages]]
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Latest revision as of 19:37, 20 January 2018

The eight incidental circumstances which make Dharma impossible (Tib. འཕྲལ་བྱུང་རྐྱེན་གྱི་མི་ཁོམས་བརྒྱད་, tral jung kyen gyi mikhom gyé, Wyl. ‘phral byung rkyen gyi mi khoms brgyad) are:

  1. being misled by corrupting influences
  2. the five poisons raging inside
  3. when negative karma overtakes us
  4. being distracted by laziness
  5. being enslaved
  6. practising out of fear
  7. merely pretending to practise
  8. being chronically senseless and stupid

Longchenpa’s Wish-Fulfilling Treasury explains:

Being disturbed by the five poisons, deluded, and possessed by the maras,
Being lazy and letting the sea of evil karma overflow,
Being controlled by others, seeking shelter from fear, and pretending to be dharmic

These are the eight unfree states due to temporary conditions. (Aka Eight incidental circumstances which make Dharma impossible) [1]

References

  1. Jokyab’s Notes p.259, ‘The Light of Wisdom’ Volume 1. Root text by Padmasambhava and commentary by Jamgön Kongtrül the Great. Published by Shambhala Publications ISBN 0-87773-566-2

Alternative Translations

  • Eight intrusive circumstances that leave no freedom to practise the Dharma (Padmakara)
  • Eight unfree states due to temporary conditions (Erik Pema Kunsang)
  • Eight obstructive circumstances that prevent true practice of the Dharma (Padmakara Translation Group in Treasury of Precious Qualities

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