Eight winds or worldly concerns
Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia is now 14 years old
Our Encyclopedia recently received a wonderful opportunity for a major renewal on its 14th birthday . After many years of growing our Encyclopedia had become bit slow and sometimes even decided not to answer when people knocked on the door.
A very big thank you and blessings to Dmytro Rudiy (rudiy.nl) for his great work in upgrading the server, website and all of the infrastructure and helping make TBE fast and reliable again for everyone!
We kindly ask our readers to help us cover the cost of this important upgrade and also help with the ongoing costs of keeping the Encyclopedia alive and freely available.
or card
Every little donation helps and every one is deeply appreciated. 🙏🙏🙏
OM AH HUM VAJRA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUM 🙏🙏🙏
May blessings shower down on all of yous 🙏🙏🙏
eight winds or worldly concerns:
Eight situations that normally preoccupy and sway unrealized people. The eight winds are
gain labha);
loss (alabha),
honor or fame (yasas);
disgrace or dishonor or infamy (ayasas),
praise (prasama);
ridicule or censure, blame or criticism (ninda);
pleasure or happiness (sukha);
and suffering or pain (duhkha).
To be unmoved by the eight winds is a mark of a true practitioner. It is attachment to these eight winds through either desire or adversion that results in our suffering and continued rebirth in samsara.
See; Atthalokadhamma Sutta.