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'''Nonattachment''' (Skt. ''alobha''; Tib. [[མ་ཆགས་པ་]], Wyl. ''ma chags 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 [[eleven virtuous states]].  
'''Nonattachment''' (Skt. ''alobha''; Tib. [[མ་ཆགས་པ་]], ''machakpa'',  [[Wyl.]] ''ma chags 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 [[eleven virtuous states]].  


==Definitions==
==Definitions==
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*Non-attachment is the absence of desire towards [samsaric] existence or worldly things. It makes one not engage in [[negative actions]]. ([[Rigpa Translations]], [[Erik Pema Kunsang]])
*Non-attachment is the absence of desire towards [samsaric] existence or worldly things. It makes one not engage in [[negative actions]]. ([[Rigpa Translations]], [[Erik Pema Kunsang]])


[[Category:Key Terms]]
==Alternative Translations==
*detachment
 
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Latest revision as of 20:14, 7 February 2018

Nonattachment (Skt. alobha; Tib. མ་ཆགས་པ་, machakpa, Wyl. ma chags 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 eleven virtuous states.

Definitions

In the Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche says:

  • Tib. མ་ཆགས་པ་ནི་སྲིད་པ་དང་སྲིད་པའི་ཡོ་བྱད་ལ་མ་ཆགས་པ་སྟེ་ཉེས་སྤྱོད་ལ་མི་འཇུག་པར་བྱེད་པའོ།
  • Non-attachment is the absence of desire towards [samsaric] existence or worldly things. It makes one not engage in negative actions. (Rigpa Translations, Erik Pema Kunsang)

Alternative Translations

  • detachment