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བག་མེད་པ། | Glossary of Terms

    བག་མེད་པ།

    bag med pa

    pramāda

  • Term
Publications: 4
Translation by Gyurme Dorje
  • Carelessness
  • བག་མེད་པ།
  • bag med pa
  • pra­māda
Translation by Tulku Sherdor · Virginia Blum
  • Carelessness
  • བག་མེད་པ།
  • bag med pa
  • pramāda

Disregard for virtuous qualities.

Translation by Dr. Thomas Doctor · Timothy Hinkle · Benjamin Collet-Cassart
  • Carelessness
  • བག་མེད་པ།
  • bag med pa
  • pramāda

Disregard for virtuous qualities.

Translation by Ruth Gamble · Tenzin Ringpapontsang
  • Carelessness
  • བག་མེད་པ།
  • bag med pa
  • pramāda

Not being conscientious. In this text, carelessness is one of the three factors at odds with the true Dharma because it impedes generosity and thus destroys merit.