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Kleshas (Buddhism)

Kleshas (Sanskrit: क्लेश, romanized: kleśa; Pali: किलेस kilesa; Standard Tibetan: ཉོན་མོངས། nyon mongs, Chinese: 煩惱 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…

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Pali literature

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Sanskrit Sravaka and Mahayana literature

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Overcoming the kleshas

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Burmese
ကိလေသာ (MLCTS: kḭlèθà)
Chinese
煩惱 (Pinyin: fánnǎo)
English
afflictions, destructive emotions, disturbing emotions, negative emotions, mind poisons, etc.
Indonesian
pengotor batin, kotoran batin, kekotoran batin
Japanese
煩悩 (Rōmaji: bonnō)
Khmer
កិលេស (UNGEGN: kĕlés)

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Pali literature

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Overcoming the kleshas

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Kleshas (Buddhism)

Nodes89
Edges88
Triples20
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022472
Components1

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Kleshas (Buddhism)

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Burmese · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → ကိလေသာ (MLCTS: kḭlèθà)
Chinese · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → 煩惱 (Pinyin: fánnǎo)
English · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → afflictions, destructive emotions, disturbing emotions, negative emotions, mind poisons, etc.
Indonesian · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → pengotor batin, kotoran batin, kekotoran batin
Japanese · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → 煩悩 (Rōmaji: bonnō)
Khmer · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → កិលេស (UNGEGN: kĕlés)
Korean · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → 번뇌 (RR: beonnoe)
Mongolian · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → нисванис (nisvanis)
Pali · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → (kilesa)
Sanskrit · 1
Kleshas (Buddhism) → क्लेश (kleśa)

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kleshas pali three poisons root mind buddhist defilements kilesa unwholesome roots sanskrit mahayana buddhism states english emotions http sutta visuddhimagga

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Kleshas (Buddhism)Burmeseကိလေသာ (MLCTS: kḭlèθà)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Chinese煩惱 (Pinyin: fánnǎo)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Englishafflictions, destructive emotions, disturbing emotions, negative emotions, mind poisons, etc.1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Indonesianpengotor batin, kotoran batin, kekotoran batin1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Japanese煩悩 (Rōmaji: bonnō)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Khmerកិលេស (UNGEGN: kĕlés)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Korean번뇌 (RR: beonnoe)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Mongolianнисванис (nisvanis)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Pali(kilesa)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Sanskritक्लेश (kleśa)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Tagalogkilsha1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Thaiกิเลส (RTGS: Kilet)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Tibetanཉོན་མོངས། (Wylie: nyon mongs; THL: nyönmong)1.00infobox
Kleshas (Buddhism)Vietnamesephiền não1.00infobox

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