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རླུང་བརྒྱད། | Glossary of Terms

  • རླུང་བརྒྱད།

  • rlung brgyad
  • Term
Publications: 1
  • eight worldly concerns
  • རླུང་བརྒྱད།
  • rlung brgyad
  • 八風
Definition in this text:

The Tibetan rlung brgyad (“eight winds”) translates literally the Chinese 八風 (bafeng), which is a Chinese Buddhist term for the eight “winds” or influences that stimulate affliction. These are commonly known as the eight worldly concerns or dharmas (’jig rten gyi chos brgyad, aṣṭa­loka­dharma) consisting of: hoping for happiness, fame, praise and gain; and fearing suffering, insignificance, blame and loss.

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འཇིག་རྟེན་གྱི་ཆོས་བརྒྱད།

  • aṣṭa­loka­dharma
  • aṣṭa­loka­dharmāḥ
  • eight mundane concerns
  • eight worldly concerns
  • eight worldly dharmas