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[[Image:Centre_of_wheel_of_life.jpg|thumb|The centre of the [[Wheel of Life]], featuring a pig, snake and bird representing ignorance, anger and desire]]The '''three poisons''' (Skt. ''triviṣa''; Tib. དུག་གསུམ་, [[Wyl.]] ''dug gsum'') are the following [[destructive emotions]]:
[[Image:Centre_of_wheel_of_life.jpg|thumb|The centre of the [[Wheel of Life]], featuring a pig, snake and bird representing ignorance, anger and desire]]The '''three poisons''' (Skt. ''triviṣa''; Tib. དུག་གསུམ་ dug sum, [[Wyl.]] ''dug gsum'') are the following [[destructive emotions]]:


# [[desire]] or attachment
# [[desire]] or attachment

Revision as of 00:56, 18 January 2017

The centre of the Wheel of Life, featuring a pig, snake and bird representing ignorance, anger and desire

The three poisons (Skt. triviṣa; Tib. དུག་གསུམ་ dug sum, Wyl. dug gsum) are the following destructive emotions:

  1. desire or attachment
  2. anger or aggression
  3. ignorance