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The '''eight worldly preoccupations (or concerns)''' or '''samsaric dharmas''' (Tib. འཇིག་རྟེན་ཆོས་བརྒྱད་, [Wyl.]] ''‘jig rten chos brgyad'') are where all one’s actions are governed by:  
The '''eight worldly preoccupations''' or '''samsaric dharmas''' (Tib. འཇིག་རྟེན་ཆོས་བརྒྱད་, ''jikten chö gyé'', [[Wyl.]] ''‘jig rten chos brgyad'') are where all one’s actions are governed by:  
*hope for happiness and fear of suffering,  
*hope for happiness and fear of suffering,  
*hope for fame and fear of insignificance,  
*hope for fame and fear of insignificance,  
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They are mentioned in verse 29 of [[Nagarjuna]]'s ''[[Letter to a Friend]]''.
They are mentioned in verse 29 of [[Nagarjuna]]'s ''[[Letter to a Friend]]''.
==Alternative Translations==
*eight worldly concerns
*eight mundane obsessions
*eight worldly dharmas
==External Links==
* {{LH|tibetan-masters/nyala-pema-dundul/advice-on-abandoning-the-eight-worldly-concerns|''Advice on abandoning the eight worldly concerns''}} by [[Nyala Pema Dündul]]


[[Category:Enumerations]]
[[Category:Enumerations]]
[[Category:08-Eight]]
[[Category:08-Eight]]
[[Category:The Eight Worldly Concerns]]

Latest revision as of 15:26, 20 March 2022

The eight worldly preoccupations or samsaric dharmas (Tib. འཇིག་རྟེན་ཆོས་བརྒྱད་, jikten chö gyé, Wyl. ‘jig rten chos brgyad) are where all one’s actions are governed by:

  • hope for happiness and fear of suffering,
  • hope for fame and fear of insignificance,
  • hope for praise and fear of blame,
  • hope for gain and fear of loss;

basically attachment and aversion.

They are mentioned in verse 29 of Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend.

Alternative Translations

  • eight worldly concerns
  • eight mundane obsessions
  • eight worldly dharmas

External Links