Mythyāmāna
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mythyāmāna (T. log pa’i nga rgyal ལོག་པའི་ང་རྒྱལ།) is translated as "distorted arrogance," "perverted arrogance," etc.
This is a type of arrogance/conceit (māna) that thinks our faults are virtues; for example, an ethically degenerate person thinks he is an upstanding and righteous person.[1]
StudyBuddhism states:
- Distorted arrogance or perverted arrogance (mythyāmāna; log-pa’i nga-rgyal) is a puffed-up mind that feels that some deviant aspect that I have fallen to (khol-sar shor-ba) is a good quality that I have attained—for instance, being a good hunter.[2]
Tsepak Rigdzin states:
- "Perverted pride," a feeling of pride in your unwholesome habits and qualities.[3]
The Khenjuk states:
- "Unfounded conceit" is to take pride in a fault, pretending it is a quality while it is not.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Dalai Lama & Thubten Chodron 2018b, s.v. Chapter 3, section "Arrogance".
- ↑ Berzin, s.v. Mental factors.
- ↑
ང་རྒྱལ་བདུན་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ Mipham Rinpoche 2000, s.v. Chapter 13, line 60.
Sources
Berzin, Alexander (ed.), Primary Minds and the 51 Mental Factors, StudyBuddhism
Dalai Lama; Thubten Chodron (2018b), Saṃsāra, Nirvāṇa, and Buddha Nature, The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, Volume 3, Wisdom Publications- Mipham Rinpoche (2000), Gateway to Knowledge, vol. II, translated by Kunsang, Erik Pema, Rangjung Yeshe Publications