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==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
*Keenness ([[▷PKT]]) | *Keenness ([[▷PKT]]) | ||
*Will (Gyurme Dorje) | *Will (Gyurme Dorje) | ||
*Intention (Erik Pema Kunsang, David Karma Choepel) | *Intention (Erik Pema Kunsang, David Karma Choepel) | ||
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Revision as of 16:12, 20 August 2017
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