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Amoha (Skt, Pali; T. gti mug med pa; C. wuchi; J. muchi; K. much'i 無癡) is translated as "non-delusion," "non-bewilderment," etc.
Amoha is identified as:
- one of the eleven virtuous mental factors within the Sanskrit tradition.
- one of the three wholesome roots in the Pali tradition
Sanskrit tradition
In the Sanskrit tradition, amoha is a mental factor defined as being without delusion concerning what is true, due to discrimination; its function is to cause one to not engage in unwholesome actions.[1][2]
The Abhidharma-samuccaya states:
- What is non-deludedness? It is a thorough comprehension of (practical) knowledge that comes from maturation, instructions, thinking and understanding, and its function is to provide a basis for not becoming involved in evil behavior.[1]
The Necklace of Clear Understanding states:
- It is a distinct discriminatory awareness to counteract the deludedness that has its cause in either what one has been born into or what one has acquired.[1]
The Khenjuk states:
- Tib. གཏི་མུག་མེད་པ་ནི་སོ་སོར་བརྟགས་པའི་སྒོ་ནས་དོན་ལ་མ་རྨོངས་པ་སྟེ་ཉེས་པ་ལ་མི་འཇུག་པར་བྱེད་པའོ།
- Non-delusion means being without delusion concerning what is true due to discrimination. It makes one not engage in evil deeds. (Erik Pema Kunsang)[2]
- Non-delusion is, through analysis, being without delusion concerning what is true. It prevents one from acting mistakenly. (Rigpa Translations)[3]
The Buddhist Psychology of Awakening states:
- Nondelusion is said to be active when there’s a thorough understanding that comes from having received spiritual instructions, having thought about them deeply, and then coming to an understanding of their import. When there is a thorough comprehension of the instructions we have received, this is called being nondeluded, and again, like the other two (alobha and advesha), it serves as a basis for not becoming involved in unwholesomeness.[4]
Pali tradition
In the Abhidhamma of the Pali tradition, amoha is defined as a synonym for paññā ("wisdom").[5]
A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma states:
- In the Abhidhamma, the three terms—wisdom (paññā), knowledge (ñāṇa), and non-delusion (amoha)—are used synonymously. Wisdom has the characteristic of penetrating things according to their intrinsic nature (yathāsabhāvapaṭivedha). Its function is to illuminate the objective field like a lamp. It is manifested as non-bewilderment. Its proximate cause is wise attention (yoniso manasikāra).[5]
Amoha is also identified as one of the "three wholesome roots".[6]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Yeshe Gyeltsen 1975, s.v. non-deludedness.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mipham Rinpoche 2004, s.v. non-delusion.
- ↑
Nondelusion, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
- ↑ Goodman 2020, s.v. "Nondelusion/Nondeludedness".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bhikkhu Bodhi 2000, Chapter 2, Compendium of Mental Factors.
- ↑ Nyanatiloka Thera 2019, s.v. amoha.
Sources
Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed. (2000), A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma, Pariyatti Publishing- Goodman, Steven D. (2020), The Buddhist Psychology of Awakening: An In-Depth Guide to the Abhidharma, Shambhala Publications
- Mipham Rinpoche (2004), Gateway to Knowledge, vol. I, translated by Kunsang, Erik Pema, Rangjung Yeshe Publications
- Nyanatiloka Thera (2019), Nyanaponika Thera, ed., Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines, Pariyatti Publishing
- Yeshe Gyeltsen (1975), Mind in Buddhist Psychology: A Translation of Ye-shes rgyal-mtshan's "The Necklace of Clear Understanding", translated by Guenther, Herbert V.; Kawamura, Leslie S., Dharma Publishing
External links
gti_mug_med_pa, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki- Nondelusion, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
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