Mrakśa (Sanskrit; Tibetan phonetic: ''chabpa'') is a

Buddhist Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...

term translated as "concealment" or "slyness-concealment". It is defined as concealing or covering up one's faults or uncommendable actions, from either oneself or others. It is one of the twenty subsidiary unwholesome

mental factors Mental factors ( or ''chitta samskara'' ; ; Tibetan: སེམས་བྱུང ''sems byung''), in Buddhism, are identified within the teachings of the Abhidhamma (Buddhist psychology). They are defined as aspects of the mind that apprehend th ...

within the Mahayana

Abhidharma The Abhidharma are a collection of Buddhist texts dating from the 3rd century BCE onwards, which contain detailed scholastic presentations of doctrinal material appearing in the canonical Buddhist scriptures and commentaries. It also refers t ...

teachings. The

Abhidharma-samuccaya The Abhidharma-samuccaya (Sanskrit; ; English: "Compendium of Abhidharma") is a Buddhist text composed by Asaṅga. The ''Abhidharma-samuccaya'' is a systematic account of Abhidharma. According to J. W. de Jong it is also "one of the most impor ...

states: :What is slyness-concealment? It is to perpetuate a state of unresolvedness because of its association with dullness and stubbornness ti-ruugwhen one is urged towards something positive. Slyness-concealment has the function of preventing one from making it clean break with it and feeling relieved. Alan Wallace states: "Concealment from one's own vices is a type of delusion that stems from ignorance. This includes self-concealment."

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Ranjung Yeshe wiki entry for '' 'chab pa''

''Primary Minds and the 51 Mental Factors''
Unwholesome factors in Buddhism Sanskrit words and phrases {{Buddhist-philo-stub

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