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The first four of these are antidotes to [[laziness]]:<br>
The first four of these are antidotes to [[laziness]]:<br>
:1. [[Aspiration]], or [[interest]] (Tib. ''möpa'').<br>
:1. [[Aspiration]], or [[interest]] (Tib. [[མོས་པ་]], ''möpa'').<br>
:2. [[Exertion]] (Tib. ''tsolwa'').<br>
:2. [[Exertion]] (Tib. [[རྩོལ་བ་]], ''tsolwa'').<br>
:3. [[Faith]] (Tib. ''dépa'').<br>
:3. [[Faith]] (Tib. [[དད་པ་]], ''dépa'').<br>
:4. [[Pliancy]], or [[flexibility]] (Tib. ''shinjang'').<br>
:4. [[Pliancy]], or [[flexibility]] (Tib. [[ཤིན་སྦྱངས་]], ''shinjang'').<br>


:5. The fifth antidote, which is the antidote to the second fault, forgetting the instructions or the object of focus, is [[mindfulness]] (Tib. ''drenpa'').<br>
:5. The fifth antidote, which is the antidote to the second fault, forgetting the instructions or the object of focus, is [[mindfulness]] (Tib. [[དྲན་པ་]], ''drenpa'').<br>
:6. The sixth antidote, which is the antidote to [[dullness]] and [[agitation]], is [[awareness]] (Tib. ''shé shyin'').<br>
:6. The sixth antidote, which is the antidote to [[dullness]] and [[agitation]], is [[awareness]] (Tib. [[ཤེས་བཞིན་]], ''shé shyin'').<br>
:7. The seventh antidote, which is the antidote to the forth fault, [[under-application]], is [[attention]] (Tib. ''sempa'').<br>
:7. The seventh antidote, which is the antidote to the forth fault, [[under-application]], is [[attention]] (Tib. [[སེམས་པ་]], ''sempa'').<br>
:8. The eighth antidote, which is the antidote to the fifth fault, [[over-application]], is [[equanimity]] (Tib. ''tang nyom'').
:8. The eighth antidote, which is the antidote to the fifth fault, [[over-application]], is [[equanimity]] (Tib. [[བཏང་སྙོམས་]], ''tang nyom'').





Revision as of 18:02, 5 March 2011

Eight antidotes or remedies (Tib. འདུ་བྱེད་བརྒྱད་, du ché gyé; Wyl. 'du byed brgyad) — the antidotes to the five faults or obstacles to meditation.

The first four of these are antidotes to laziness:

1. Aspiration, or interest (Tib. མོས་པ་, möpa).
2. Exertion (Tib. རྩོལ་བ་, tsolwa).
3. Faith (Tib. དད་པ་, dépa).
4. Pliancy, or flexibility (Tib. ཤིན་སྦྱངས་, shinjang).
5. The fifth antidote, which is the antidote to the second fault, forgetting the instructions or the object of focus, is mindfulness (Tib. དྲན་པ་, drenpa).
6. The sixth antidote, which is the antidote to dullness and agitation, is awareness (Tib. ཤེས་བཞིན་, shé shyin).
7. The seventh antidote, which is the antidote to the forth fault, under-application, is attention (Tib. སེམས་པ་, sempa).
8. The eighth antidote, which is the antidote to the fifth fault, over-application, is equanimity (Tib. བཏང་སྙོམས་, tang nyom).