Akuśalakarmapatha
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akuśalakarmapatha (T. mi dge ba; C. e yedao 惡業道).[1] Literally, "unwholesome courses of action," refers to the ten unwholesome actions (karmapatha; karma), which lead to unfavorable rebirth.[2] Also referred to as daśa-akuśalāni (P. dasa-akusalāni; T. མི་དགེ་བ་བཅུ་).[3]
Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang states:
- There is no end or limit to negative actions, but in terms of how they are accumulated they can all be condensed into three that are physical acts, [four that are verbal acts, and three mental acts,] making ten in all.[4]
The ten unwholesome actions are:[2][3]
- three actions of the body
- (1) killing (prāṇātipāta)
- (2) stealing (adattādāna)
- (3) sexual misconduct (kāmamithyācāra)
- four actions of speech
- (4) lying (mṛṣāvāda)
- (5) slander or malicious speech (paiśunyavāda)
- (6) offensive or harsh speech (pārūṣyavāda)
- (7) frivolous prattle (saṃbhinnapralāpa)
- three actions under the category of mind
- (8) covetousness (abhidhyā)
- (9) ill will (vyāpāda)
- (10) wrong views (mithyādṛṣṭi)
See also
- akuśala
- karmapatha ("courses of action")
- kuśalakarmapatha ("wholesome actions")
Notes
- ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. List of lists, "ten unwholesome courses of action".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. karmapatha.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
མི་དགེ་བ་བཅུ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang 2011, Chapter 4.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang (2011), A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher, translated by Padmakara Translation Group, Shambhala