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Pride or arrogance (Skt. māna; Tib. ང་རྒྱལ་, nga gyal, Wyl. nga rgyal) is one of the main destructive emotions and one of the fifty-one mental states defined in Abhidharma literature. According to the Compendium of Abhidharma, it belongs to the subgroup of the six root destructive emotions.
Definitions
In the Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche says:
- Tib. ང་རྒྱལ་ནི་འཇིག་ལྟ་ལ་བརྟེན་ནས་སེམས་མཐོ་བའི་རྣམ་པར་ཁེངས་པ་སྟེ། གཞན་ལ་མ་གུས་པ་དང་སྡུག་བསྔལ་འབྱུང་བའི་རྟེན་བྱེད་པ་དེ་ལ་དབྱེ་ན་བདུན་ཡོད་དོ།
- Pride is being full of oneself and thinking one is better, which arises based on the view of the transitory collection. It creates the basis for disrespecting others and for suffering to arise. It can be divided into seven types. (Rigpa Translations)
- Arrogance is the conceited attitude of superiority based on the belief in the [transitory] collection. It creates the basis for dis-respecting others and for the occurrence of suffering. It can be divided into seven types. (Erik Pema Kunsang)
Subdivisions
Oral Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa]] | [[Rigpa]] Sangha
- Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 21 June 2018
Further Reading
- Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang, A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher, translated by Padmakara Translation Group (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), pages 268-269.
Category of Buddhist Key Terms Category of Destructive Emotions Category of Six root disturbing emotions Category of Fifty-one mental states
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