འདོད་ཆགས། | Glossary of Terms

First of the five fetters associated with the lower realms.

One of the six root afflictions (Skt. mūlakleśa), often listed as one of the three poisons (Skt. triviṣa) along with anger (Skt. dveṣa) and delusion (Skt. moha).

Passion, attachment, and/or lust. One of the affective behavior patterns or “afflictions” known as the three poisons.

Passion, attachment, and/or lust. One of the affective behavior patterns known as the three poisons.

One of the three root afflictions that bind beings to cyclic existence.

One of the three root afflictions that bind beings to cyclic existence.

Here seemingly in connection with ’dod chags, or desire, one of the three root poisons.

One of the six root afflictions (Skt. mūlakleśa), often listed as one of the three poisons (Skt. triviṣa) along with anger (Skt. dveṣa) and delusion (Skt. moha).

In this text, attachment is one of the three factors at odds with the true Dharma because it impedes generosity and thus destroys merit.

One of the three poisons (triviṣa), together with hatred and confusion, that bind beings to cyclic existence.

One of the three poisons (triviṣa), together with hatred and confusion, that bind beings to cyclic existence.

One of the three basic mental afflictions (together with aversion and confusion) within which all other mental afflictions can be subsumed. The term rāga comes from the root rañj, which can also have the sense of “to color,” thus making it possible to create significant double-meanings in Sanskrit (rakta can thus mean “impassioned,” but also “red” or “blood”). Liberated beings are often described as vītarāga, “free from attraction.”