Eight worldly dharmas, Eight worldly preoccupations, Eight samsaric dharmas: 3 definitions
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical SystemsThe Eight Worldly Dharmas are known in Tibetan as: 'jig rten pa'i chos brgyad. They are:
1-2) preoccupation with pleasure and pain,
3-4) preoccupation with praise and blame,
5-6) preoccupation with fame and shame,
7-8) preoccupation with loss and gain
The Eight Worldly Preoccupations (or Samsaric Dharmas) are known in Tibetan as: 'jig rten chos brgyad. They are where all one’s actions are governed by:
- hope for happiness and fear of suffering,
- hope for fame and fear of insignificance,
- hope for praise and fear of blame,
- hope for gain and fear of loss;
They are mentioned in verse 29 of Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend.
Source: Rangjung Yeshe Wiki: Dharma DictionaryThe Eight (worldly) Dharmas [Tibetna: (1) chos brgyad; (2) 'jig rten chos brgyad] are:
- rnyed pa = gain;
- ma rnyed pa = loss
- snyan pa = disgrace
- smad pa = slander
- bstod pa = praise
- bde ba = pleasure
- sdug bsngal - pain.
The Eight Worldly Dharmas attributes:
- rnyed dang mi rnyed — pleasure at gaining something and displeasure at not gaining the object of desire;
- bde dang mi bde — happiness and sadness
- bstod dang smad — praise and abused or degraded
- snyan dang mi snyan — pleasing and unpleasing speech] [IW]
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Partial matches: Worldly, Dharmas.
Full-text (+93): Pain, Gain, Praise, Pleasure, rnyed pa, Loss, ma rnyed pa, Disgrace, Slander, bstod pa, smad pa, bde ba, snyan pa, sdug bsngal, 'jig rten pa'i chos brgyad, chos brgyad, 'jig rten chos brgyad, Pratipatti, Samyakpratipatti, Gahana.
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