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| − | '''[[Mrakśa]]''' ([[Sanskrit]]; Tibetan phonetic: [[chabpa]]) is a [[Buddhist]] term translated as "[[concealment]]" or "[[slyness-concealment]]". It is defined as concealing or covering up one's faults or uncommendable actions, from either oneself or others. It is one of the twenty subsidiary unwholesome [[mental]] factors within the [[Mahayana]] [[Abhidharma]] teachings.
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| − | The [[Abhidharma-samuccaya]] states:
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| − | What is slyness-concealment? It is to perpetuate a state of unresolvedness because of its association with dullness and stubbornness [gti-ruug] when one is urged towards something positive. Slyness-concealment has the function of preventing one from making it clean break with it and feeling relieved.
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| − | Alan Wallace states: "Concealment from one's own vices is a type of delusion that stems from ignorance. This includes self-concealment."
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Latest revision as of 17:46, 3 November 2013
