Sunday, March 14, 2010

List of Defilements

These are some of the negative mindstates we need to use Right Effort to abandon and then replace them with one of the wholesome mindstates (see the Appropriate Behaviors posting)

abusiveness
aggression
ambition
anger
arrogance
avarice
baseness
blasphemy
calculation
callousness
capriciousness
censoriousness
conceitedness
contempt
cruelty
cursing
debasement
deceit
deception
delusion
derision
desire for fame
dipsomania
discord
disrespect
disrespectfulness
dissatisfaction
dogmatism
dominance
eagerness for power
effrontery
egoism
enviousness
envy
excessiveness
faithlessness
falseness
fear
furtiveness
gambling
garrulity
gluttony
greed
grudge
hard-heartedness
hatred
haughtiness
high-handedness
hostility
humiliation
hurt
hypocrisy
ignorance
imperiousness
imposture
impudence
inattentiveness
indifference
ingratitude
insatiability
insidiousness
intolerance
intransigence
irresponsibility
jealousy
know-it-all
lack of comprehension
lecherousness
lying
malignancy
manipulation
masochism
mercilessness
negativity
obsession
obstinacy
oppression
ostentatiousness
pessimism
prejudice
presumption
pretence
pride
prodigality
quarrelsomeness
rage
rapacity
ridicule
sadism
sarcasm
seducement
self-denial
self-hatred
sexual lust
shamelessness
stinginess
stubbornness
temper
torment
tyranny
unkindness
unruliness
unyielding
vanity
vindictiveness
violence
voluptuousness
wrath

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