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'''Propriety''' (Skt. ''apatrāpya''; Tib. ''trel yöpa''; [[Wyl.]] ''khrel yod pa'') is one of the [[eleven virtuous states]] and [[seven noble riches]]. It is defined as the attitude of refraining from unwholesome actions out of concern for others.
'''Propriety''' (Skt. ''apatrāpya''; Tib. [[ཁྲེལ་ཡོད་པ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''khrel yod 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]]. It is also one of the [[seven noble riches]].  
 
==Definitions==
In the ''[[Khenjuk]]'', [[Mipham Rinpoche]] says:
*Tib. ཁྲེལ་ཡོད་པ་ནི་གཞན་ནམ་འཇིག་རྟེན་རྒྱུ་མཚན་དུ་བྱས་ཏེ་ཁ་ན་མ་ཐོ་བ་ལ་འཛེམ་པའི་ལས་ཅན་ནོ།
*Propriety has the function of causing one to refrain from misdeeds, either because of being reproached by other [noble] people or by the world. ([[Rigpa Translations]])
*Shame has the function of causing one to shun misdeeds, either because of being reproached by other [noble] people or by the world. ([[Erik Pema Kunsang]])
 
It is the attitude of refraining from unwholesome actions out of concern for others.


==Alternative Translations==
==Alternative Translations==
*Sense of decency ([[▷PKT]])
*Modesty (David Karma Choepel)
*Shame (Gyurme Dorje)
*Propriety (Tony Duff)
*concern
*concern
*decorum
*decorum
*modesty
*dread of blame
*sense of decency
 
 


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Latest revision as of 17:34, 29 December 2021

Propriety (Skt. apatrāpya; Tib. ཁྲེལ་ཡོད་པ་, Wyl. khrel yod 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. It is also one of the seven noble riches.

Definitions

In the Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche says:

  • Tib. ཁྲེལ་ཡོད་པ་ནི་གཞན་ནམ་འཇིག་རྟེན་རྒྱུ་མཚན་དུ་བྱས་ཏེ་ཁ་ན་མ་ཐོ་བ་ལ་འཛེམ་པའི་ལས་ཅན་ནོ།
  • Propriety has the function of causing one to refrain from misdeeds, either because of being reproached by other [noble] people or by the world. (Rigpa Translations)
  • Shame has the function of causing one to shun misdeeds, either because of being reproached by other [noble] people or by the world. (Erik Pema Kunsang)

It is the attitude of refraining from unwholesome actions out of concern for others.

Alternative Translations

  • Sense of decency (▷PKT)
  • Modesty (David Karma Choepel)
  • Shame (Gyurme Dorje)
  • Propriety (Tony Duff)
  • concern
  • decorum
  • dread of blame