Eighty indicative conceptions

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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[1]

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

7 thought states related to ignorance

Alternative Translations

  • eighty inherent thought states

Further Reading

Notes

  1. Based on Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, Mirror of Mindfulness, pages 32-34.

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