klesha
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in Buddhism, mental states that cloud the mind
Key facts
- English
- afflictions, destructive emotions, disturbing emotions, negative emotions, mind poisons, etc.
- Sanskrit
- क्लेश (kleśa)
- Pali
- (kilesa)
- Burmese
- ကိလေသာ , ( MLCTS : kḭlèθà )
- Chinese
- 煩惱 , ( Pinyin : fánnǎo )
- Indonesian
- pengotor batin, kotoran batin, kekotoran batin
- Japanese
- 煩悩 , ( Rōmaji : bonnō )
- Khmer
- កិលេស , ( UNGEGN : kĕlés )
- Korean
- 번뇌 , ( RR : beonnoe )
- Mongolian
- нисванис (nisvanis)
- Tagalog
- kilsha
- Tibetan
- ཉོན་མོངས། , ( Wylie : nyon mongs; , THL : nyönmong )
- Thai
- กิเลส , ( RTGS : Kilet )
- Vietnamese
- phiền não
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Kleshas (Sanskrit: क्लेश, romanized: kleśa; Pali: किलेस kilesa; Standard Tibetan: ཉོན་མོངས། nyon mongs, Chinese: 煩悩 fánnǎo, Japanese: 煩悩 bonnō), in Buddhism, are mental states that cloud the mind and manifest in unwholesome actions. Kleshas include states of mind such as anxiety, fear, anger, jealousy, desire, etc. Contemporary translators use a variety of English words to translate the term kleshas, such as: afflictions, defilements, destructive emotions, disturbing emotions, negative emotions, mind poisons, and neuroses.
Currently in the Mahayana and Theravada Buddhist traditions, the three kleshas of ignorance, attachment, and aversion are identified as the root or source of all other kleshas. These are referred to as the three poisons in the Mahayana tradition, or as the three unwholesome roots in the Theravada tradition.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “klesha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.