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འཇིག་རྟེན་པའི་ཆོས། | Glossary of Terms
འཇིག་རྟེན་པའི་ཆོས།
’jig rten pa’i chos
lokadharma
- Term
- Mundane phenomena
- འཇིག་རྟེན་པའི་ཆོས།
- ’jig rten pa’i chos
- laukikadharma
These comprise the five psycho-physical aggregates, the twelve sense fields, the eighteen sensory elements, the ten virtuous actions, the four meditative concentrations, the four immeasurable aspirations, the four formless absorptions, and the five extrasensory powers.
- Worldly concern
- འཇིག་རྟེན་གྱི་ཆོས།
- ’jig rten gyi chos
- lokadharma
The eight worldly concerns are gain and loss, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, and pleasure and pain.
- Worldly concerns
- འཇིག་རྟེན་པའི་ཆོས།
- ’jig rten pa’i chos
- lokadharma
These are often listed as eight in number, as in the commentary: gain and no gain, happiness and suffering, praise and criticism, fame and lack of fame.
- Worldly dharmas
- འཇིག་རྟེན་གྱི་ཆོས།
- ’jig rten gyi chos
- lokadharma
See “eight worldly dharmas.”
- Worldly phenomena
- འཇིག་རྟེན་གྱི་ཆོས།
- ’jig rten gyi chos
- lokadharma
It refers to things or factors that are bound by causality. In some contexts, it is the eight worldy dharmas or concerns. See also “transcendent phenomena.”