THE 51 MENTAL EVENTS


The first ten events are present  in every moment of consciousness:

FIVE OMNIPRESENT

ATTRACTION
sems pa
chetana
SENSATION
tshor ba
vedana
PERCEPTION
'du shes
samjna
ATTENTION
yid la byed pa
manasikara
CONTACT
reg pa
sparsa
FIVE OBJECT DETERMINING
INTENTION
'dun pa
chanda
INTEREST/ DETERMINATION
mos pa
adhimosksa
MINDFULNESS
dran pa
smriti
CONCENTRATION
ting nge 'dzin
samadhi
DISCRIMINATION
shes rab
prajna
ELEVEN VIRTUOUS MENTAL STATES

all eleven are present 
in every virtuous moment of consciousness

FAITH
dad pa
sraddha
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
bag yod
apramada
PLIANCY/ALERTNESS
shin tu sbyangs pa
prasrabdhi
EQUANIMITY
btang snyoms
upeksa
CONSCIENCE/ SELF RESPECT
ngo tsha shes pa
hri
SHAME
khrel yod pa
apatrapya
NON-ATTACHMENT
ma chags pa
alobha
NON-AGGRESSION
zhe sdang med pa
advesa
NON-DELUSION
gti mug med pa
amoha
NON-VIOLENCE
rnam par mi 'tshe ba
avihimsa
DILIGENCE
brtson 'grus
virya
SIX BASIC EMOTIONS
IGNORANCE/ DELUSION***
ma rig pa
avidya
ATTACHMENT
'dod chags
raga
ANGER
khong khro
 pratigha
ARROGANCE
nga rgyal
mana
DOUBT
the tshoms
vichikitsa
BELIEF/OPINIONATEDNESS
lta ba
dristi
TWENTY SUBSIDIARY EMOTIONS
FURY/ INDIGNATION
khro ba
khroda
RESENTMENT
khon du 'dzin pa
upanaha
SPITE
'tshig pa
pradasa
HOSTILITY/ MALICE
rnam par 'tshe ba
vihimsa
JEALOUSY/ ENVY
phrag dog
irsya
HYPOCRISY
gYo
sathya
PRETENSE/ DECEIT
sgyu
maya
LACK OF CONSCIENCE/ DISRESPECT
khrel med pa
anapatrapya
CONCEALMENT/ DISHONESTY
'chab pa
mraksa
STINGINESS
ser sna
matsarya
HAUGHTINESS
rgyas pa
mada
LACK OF FAITH***
ma dad pa
asraddhya
HEEDLESSNESS
bag med
pramada
FORGETFULNESS
brjed ngas pa
musitasmritita
NON-ALERTNESS/ INATTENTION
shes pa bzhin ma yin
asamprajanya
SHAMELESSNESS***
ngo tsha med pa
ahrikya
LETHARGY/ GLOOMINESS***
rmugs pa
styana
ELATION/ RESTLESSNESS***
rgod pa
auddhatya
LAZINESS***
 le lo
kausidya
DISTRACTION
rnam pa gYeng ba
viksepa
FOUR VARIABLES
SLEEP/  DROWSINESS
gnyid
middha
REGRET/ CONTRITION
'gyod
kaukritya
CONCEPTION/ EXAMINATION
rtog pa
vitarka
DISCERNMENT/ ANALYSIS
dpyod pa
vichara

 

COLOR CODE FOR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS

(BIG BLUE)


LACK OF CONSCIENCE/ DISRESPECT

IS PRESENT IN
ALL
NON-VIRTUOUS MENTAL  EVENTS


TRIPLE STARRED EMOTIONS

***

KNOWN AS

THE SIX EMOTIONS WHICH CLUSTER

ALL ARISE SIMULTANEOUSLY WHEN ANY ONE ARISES

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RED-BOXED EMOTIONS


THESE FOUR REQUIRE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL MOMENTS


ATTACHMENT, ANGER, ARROGANCE
& LACK OF FAITH

CANNOT CO-EXIST 
IN THE SAME MIND MOMENT


BUT MAY ARISE IN RAPID OSCILLATION


TURTLEHILL © 2000

The material in this section is based on MIND IN BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY A Translation of Ye-shes rgyal-mtshan's The Necklace of Clear Understanding translated from the Tibetan by Herbert V. Guenther & Leslie Kawamura, Dharma Publishing, 1975

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