84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཡིད་འབྱུང་བ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཡིད་འབྱུང་བ།

  • yid ’byung ba
  • nirvid
  • Term
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  • disillusionment
  • ཡིད་འབྱུང་བ།
  • yid ’byung ba
  • nirvid
Definition in this text:

A sense of disenchantment and weariness with the world that is preliminary to seeking nirvāṇa. The Pali term is nibbidā. This can also carry a sense of disgust and revulsion or indifference towards the world of material things and sense pleasures. Connected with the term skyo ba (“dissatisfaction”).