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==Definition== | ==Definition== | ||
In the ''[[Khenjuk]]'',[[Mipham Rinpoche]] says: | In the ''[[Khenjuk]]'', [[Mipham Rinpoche]] says: | ||
*Tib. འདུན་པ་ནི་འདོད་པའི་དངོས་པོ་ལ་དེ་དང་ལྡན་པར་བྱེད་པ་བརྩོན་འགྲུས་རྩོམ་པའི་རྟེན་བྱེད་པ། | *Tib. འདུན་པ་ནི་འདོད་པའི་དངོས་པོ་ལ་དེ་དང་ལྡན་པར་བྱེད་པ་བརྩོན་འགྲུས་རྩོམ་པའི་རྟེན་བྱེད་པ། | ||
*Interest is to try to possess a desired object. It supports application of [[diligence]]. ([[Rigpa Translations]]) | *Interest is to try to possess a desired object. It supports application of [[diligence]]. ([[Rigpa Translations]]) |
Revision as of 13:12, 21 June 2016
Interest (Skt. chanda; Tib. འདུན་པ་, Wyl. ‘dun pa) — one of the fifty-one mental states defined in Abhidharma literature. According to the Compendium of Abhidharma, it belongs to the subgroup of the five object-determining mental states.
Definition
In the Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche says:
- Tib. འདུན་པ་ནི་འདོད་པའི་དངོས་པོ་ལ་དེ་དང་ལྡན་པར་བྱེད་པ་བརྩོན་འགྲུས་རྩོམ་པའི་རྟེན་བྱེད་པ།
- Interest is to try to possess a desired object. It supports application of diligence. (Rigpa Translations)
- Intention is to try to possess a desired object. It supports application of exertion. (Erik Pema Kunsang)
The Ornament of Abhidharma says: "observing the six objects, there will be a desire to engage with them, a wish to pursue them."
Alternative Translations
- Keenness (▷PKT)
- Will (Gyurme Dorje)
- Intention (Erik Pema Kunsang, David Karma Choepel)
- Intention or motivatedness (Tony Duff)
Notes