Eighty indicative conceptions

Eighty indicative conceptions (Tib. རང་བཞིན་བརྒྱད་ཅུ‘ཨི་ཀུན་རྟོག, rangshyin gyechu i küntok, 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

40 thought states related to desire

1. desire
2. clinging
3. joy
4. medium joy
5. intense joy
6. rejoicing
7. deep respect
8. amazement
9. satisfaction
10. sensual excitement
11. embracing
12. kissing
13. sucking
14. clasping
15. vigor
16. pride
17. engagement
18. accompanying
19. strength
20. delight
21. lesser joining in bliss
22. medium joining in bliss
23. intense joining in bliss
24. haughtiness
25. flirtation
26. hostility
27. virtue
28. lucidity
29. truth
30. untruth
31. understanding
32. grasping
33. generosity
34. encouragement
35. courage
36. shamelessness
37. retention
38. viciousness
39. unruliness
40. deceitfulness

7 thought states related to ignorance

1. the moment of medium desire
2. forgetfulness
3. confusion
4. being stunned
5. weariness
6. laziness
7. doubt

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.

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