ཡིད་འབྱུང་བ། | Glossary of Terms
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ཡིད་འབྱུང་བ།
- yid ’byung ba
- nirvid
- Term
- disillusionment
- ཡིད་འབྱུང་བ།
- yid ’byung ba
- nirvid
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”).