Upanāha (Sanskrit; Tibetan phonetic: ''khön du dzinpa'') 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 "resentment" or "enmity". It is defined as clinging to an intention to cause harm, and withholding forgiveness.
[Guenther (1975), Kindle Locations 874-875.][Kunsang (2004), p. 27.] It is one of the twenty subsidiary unwholesome
mental factors 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 resentment? It is not letting go of an obsession which develops through association with the anger which underlies it. Its function is to be the basis of non-endurance.
Alan Wallace described upanāha as "a lingering holding of anger (Sanskrit:
krodha)".
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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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External links
Ranjung Yeshe wiki entry for '' 'khon_du_'dzin_pa''
Unwholesome factors in Buddhism
Sanskrit words and phrases
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