Non-attachment, as one of the eleven virtuous mental states, desirelessness, not being attached, without attachment. {nyer len gyi phung po lnga dang srid pa'i longs spyod la mngon par mi zhen pa} detached
non-attachment [one of the 11 virtuous mental states) desirelessness [R]
non-attachment; unattached; absence of attachment Comment: This is one of the eleven virtuous mental factors (sems byung dge ba, kuśalacaitta): (1) faith (dad pa, śraddhā); (2) shame (ngo tsha shes pa, hrī); (3) embarrassment (khrel yod pa, apatrāpya); (4) non-attachment (ma chags pa, alobha); (5) non-hatred (zhe sdang med pa, adveṣa); (6) non-ignorance (gti mug med pa, amoha); (7) effort (brtson 'grus, vīrya); (8) pliancy (shin tu sbyangs pa, prasrabdhi); (9) conscientiousness (bag yod pa, apramāda); (10) equanimity (btang snyoms, upekṣā); (11) non-harmfulness (rnam par mi 'tshe ba, avihiṃsā). Non-attachment is one of the three virtuous roots (dge ba'i rtsa ba, kuśalamūla) are: (1) non-attachment (ma chags pa, alobha); (2) non-hatred (zhe sdang med pa, adveṣa); non-ignorance (gti mug med pa, amoha).
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