Sanskrit Noun
kleśa
afflictive emotions
क्लेश
ཉོན་མོངས་
煩惱
Basic Meaning
Often referred to as poisons, these are a class of disturbing or disruptive emotional states that when aroused negatively affect or taint the mind.
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| Term Variations | |
|---|---|
| Key Term | kleśa |
| Topic Variation | kleśa |
| Tibetan | ཉོན་མོངས་ ( nyönmong) |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | nyon mongs ( nyönmong) |
| Devanagari Sanskrit | क्लेश ( klesha) |
| Romanized Sanskrit | kleśa ( klesha) |
| Chinese | 煩惱 |
| Chinese Pinyin | fànnǎo |
| Japanese Transliteration | bonnō |
| Buddha-nature Site Standard English | afflictive emotions |
| Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term | affliction |
| Richard Barron's English Term | afflictive emotion, emotionally tainted, afflictive state |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | affliction, afflictive emotions |
| Dan Martin's English Term | afflictive emotion |
| Gyurme Dorje's English Term | dissonant mental states |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | emotional defilement |
| Term Information | |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | Often referred to as poisons, these are a class of disturbing or disruptive emotional states that when aroused negatively affect or taint the mind. |
| Related Terms | triviṣa |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Definitions | |
| Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism | See page 438: In Sanskrit, “afflictions,” or “defilements”; mental factors that disturb the mind and incite unwholesome (akuśala) deeds of body, speech, and/or mind. In order to be liberated from rebirth, the kleśa and the actions they incite must be controlled and finally eliminated. A typical Standard list of kleśa includes the so-called three poisons (trjviṣa) of greed or sensuality (rāga or lobha), hatred or aversion (dveṣa), and delusion (moha). |
| Tshig mdzod Chen mo | (kleshaH) lus sems gdung ba'i dka' las sam ngal dub dang/ mi dge ba'i las bskul bas rang rgyud rab tu ma zhi bar byed pa'i sems byung/ |
