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

  1. desire
  2. clinging
  3. joy
  4. medium joy
  5. intense joy
  6. rejoicing
  7. deep respect
  8. amazement
  9. satisfaction
  10. sensual excitement
  11. embracing
  12. kissing
  13. sucking
  14. clasping
  15. vigor
  16. pride
  17. engagement
  18. accompanying
  19. strength
  20. delight
  21. lesser joining in bliss
  22. medium joining in bliss
  23. intense joining in bliss
  24. haughtiness
  25. flirtation
  26. hostility
  27. virtue
  28. lucidity
  29. truth
  30. untruth
  31. understanding
  32. grasping
  33. generosity
  34. encouragement
  35. courage
  36. shamelessness
  37. retention
  38. viciousness
  39. unruliness
  40. deceitfulness

7 thought states related to ignorance

  1. the moment of medium desire
  2. forgetfulness
  3. confusion
  4. being stunned
  5. weariness
  6. laziness
  7. doubt

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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