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Middha
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Middha (Sanskrit: मिद्ध; Pali: मिद्ध ; Tibetan phonetic: nyi) is a Buddhist term that is translated as "torpor", "drowsiness", "sleep", etc. In the Theravada tradition, middha is defined as a morbid state that is characterized by unwieldiness, lack of energy, and opposition to wholesome activity. In the Mahayana tradition, middha is defined as a mental factor that causes the mind to draw inward, lose discrimination between wholesome and unwholesome activities, and drop out of activities altogether.
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Middha (Sanskrit: मिद्ध; Pali: मिद्ध ; Tibetan phonetic: nyi) is a Buddhist term that is translated as "torpor", "drowsiness", "sleep", etc. In the Theravada tradition, middha is defined as a morbid state that is characterized by unwieldiness, lack of energy, and opposition to wholesome activity. In the Mahayana tradition, middha is defined as a mental factor that causes the mind to draw inward, lose discrimination between wholesome and unwholesome activities, and drop out of activities altogether.
Middha is identified as: One of the fourteen unwholesome mental factors within the Theravada Abhidharma teachings One of the four changeable mental factors within the Mahayana Abhidharma teachings One of the five hindrances to meditation (in combination with thīna)