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The '''six stains''' ([[Wyl.]] ''dri ma drug''; Tib. དྲི་མ་དྲུག་) are forms of conduct to be avoided when listening to the teachings. They are mentioned in [[Vasubandhu]]’s ''[[Well Explained Reasoning]]'':
The '''six stains''' ([[Wyl.]] ''dri ma drug''; Tib. དྲི་མ་དྲུག་) are forms of conduct to be avoided when listening to the teachings. They are mentioned in [[Vasubandhu]]’s ''[[Well Explained Reasoning]]'':


:Arrogance, lack of [[faith]],
:[[Arrogance]], lack of [[faith]],
:Lack of any interest,
:Lack of any interest,
:Outward distraction, inward tension,
:Outward distraction, inward tension,

Revision as of 05:50, 2 June 2011

The six stains (Wyl. dri ma drug; Tib. དྲི་མ་དྲུག་) are forms of conduct to be avoided when listening to the teachings. They are mentioned in Vasubandhu’s Well Explained Reasoning:

Arrogance, lack of faith,
Lack of any interest,
Outward distraction, inward tension,
And discouragement are the six stains.[1].

Tibetan

༈ རྣམ་བཤད་རིག་པ་ལས།

ང་རྒྱལ་དང་ནི་མ་དད་དང་། །
དོན་དུ་གཉེར་བ་མེད་ཉིད་དང་། །
ཕྱི་རོལ་རྣམ་གཡེངས་ནང་དུ་སྡུད། །
སྐྱོ་བས་ཉན་པ་དྲི་མ་ཡིན། །

References

  1. *Patrul Rinpoche, Preliminary Points to be Explained When Teaching the Buddha’s Word or the Treatises, translated by Adam Pearcey

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