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Pradāśa (Sanskrit; Tibetan phonetic: ''tsikpa'') 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 "spite" or "spitefulness". It is defined as an attitude based on fury/indignation ('' krodha'') and resentment (''
upanāha Upanāha (Sanskrit; Tibetan phonetic: ''khön du dzinpa'') is a Buddhist term translated as "resentment" or "enmity". It is defined as clinging to an intention to cause harm, and withholding forgiveness.Guenther (1975), Kindle Locations 874-875.Kun ...
'') in which one is unable or unwilling to forgive; it causes one to utter harsh words. 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 spite (''pradāśa'')? It is a vindictive attitude preceded by fury/indignation ('' krodha'') and resentment (''
upanāha Upanāha (Sanskrit; Tibetan phonetic: ''khön du dzinpa'') is a Buddhist term translated as "resentment" or "enmity". It is defined as clinging to an intention to cause harm, and withholding forgiveness.Guenther (1975), Kindle Locations 874-875.Kun ...
'')–forming part of anger–and its function is to become the basis for harsh and strong words, to increase what is not meritorious, and not to allow one to feel happy. Spite is a derivative of anger (
pratigha Pratigha (Sanskrit; Pali: paṭigha; Tibetan Wylie: ''khong khro'') is a Buddhist term that is translated as "anger". It is defined as a hostile attitude towards sentient beings, towards frustration, and towards that which gives rise to one's frust ...
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Mental factors (Buddhism) Mental factors ( or ''chitta samskara'' ; ; Tibetic languages, 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 ...


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Ranjung Yeshe wiki entry for '' 'tshig pa''

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