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| − | '''Asmi- | + | '''Asmi-[[Māna]]''': lit.: 'I am'-conceit, 'ego-conceit', may range from the coarsest pride and self-assertion to a subtle [[Feeling]] of one's distinctiveness or superiority that persists, as the 8th [[Fetter]] [[Samyojana]], until the attainment of Arahantship or Nobility. |
| − | It falsely assumes an entity 'I' the be real and existent. It is based upon the comparison of oneself with others, and may, therefore, manifest itself also as a | + | It falsely assumes an entity 'I' the be real and existent. It is based upon the comparison of oneself with others, and may, therefore, manifest itself also as a [[Feeling]] of inferiority or the claim to be equal see: [[Māna]]. It has to be distinguished from 'ego-belief' [[Sakkāya-ditthi]] which implies a definite belief or view [[Ditthi]] concerning the assumption of a self, personality or soul, and, being the 1st of the [[Mental]] chains, which disappears at attainment of Stream-Entry sotāpatti. Even when the five lower [[Mental]] chains have vanished in a [[Noble]] [[Disciple]], there is still in him, with regard to the five groups of clinging, a slight remaining measure of the conceit 'I am', of the desire 'I am', of the latent tendency 'I am' see: S. XXII, 89. [[Māna]] This is the root assumption of Egoism. |
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Revision as of 21:50, 9 April 2013
Asmi-Māna: lit.: 'I am'-conceit, 'ego-conceit', may range from the coarsest pride and self-assertion to a subtle Feeling of one's distinctiveness or superiority that persists, as the 8th Fetter Samyojana, until the attainment of Arahantship or Nobility.
It falsely assumes an entity 'I' the be real and existent. It is based upon the comparison of oneself with others, and may, therefore, manifest itself also as a Feeling of inferiority or the claim to be equal see: Māna. It has to be distinguished from 'ego-belief' Sakkāya-ditthi which implies a definite belief or view Ditthi concerning the assumption of a self, personality or soul, and, being the 1st of the Mental chains, which disappears at attainment of Stream-Entry sotāpatti. Even when the five lower Mental chains have vanished in a Noble Disciple, there is still in him, with regard to the five groups of clinging, a slight remaining measure of the conceit 'I am', of the desire 'I am', of the latent tendency 'I am' see: S. XXII, 89. Māna This is the root assumption of Egoism.
