Mrakśa

Translations of
Mrakśa
Englishconcealment,
slyness-concealment
Sanskritmrakśa
Chinese
Tibetanའཆབ་པ།
(Wylie: 'chab pa;
THL: chabpa
)
Glossary of Buddhism

Mrakśa (Sanskrit; Tibetan phonetic: chabpa) is a Buddhist term translated as "concealment" or "slyness-concealment". It is defined as concealing or covering up one's faults or uncommendable actions, from either oneself or others.[1][2] It is one of the twenty subsidiary unwholesome mental factors within the Mahayana Abhidharma teachings.

The Abhidharma-samuccaya states:

What is slyness-concealment? It is to perpetuate a state of unresolvedness because of its association with dullness and stubbornness [gti-ruug] when one is urged towards something positive. Slyness-concealment has the function of preventing one from making it clean break with it and feeling relieved.[1]

Alan Wallace states: "Concealment from one's own vices is a type of delusion that stems from ignorance. This includes self-concealment."[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Guenther 1975, Kindle Locations 878-880.
  2. ^ Kunsang 2004, p. 27.
  3. ^ Goleman 2008, Kindle Locations 2480.

Sources

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  • Goleman, Daniel (2008), Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama, Bantam, Kindle Edition
  • Guenther, Herbert V. (1975), Mind in Buddhist Psychology: A Translation of Ye-shes rgyal-mtshan's "The Necklace of Clear Understanding", Dharma Publishing, Kindle Edition
  • Kunsang, Erik Pema (2004), Gateway to Knowledge, Vol. 1, North Atlantic Books
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