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    Mahayana tradition or the three unwholesome roots (Sanskrit: akuśala-mūla; Pāli: akusala-mūla), in the Theravada tradition are a Buddhist term that refers...
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  • (lobha dosa moha) are known as the "unwholesome roots" (akusala-mūla or the root of akusala); and, their opposites (alobha adosa amoha) are the three...
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    being. Good, skilful deeds (Pāli: kusala) and bad, unskilful deeds (Pāli: akusala) produce "seeds" in the unconscious receptacle (ālaya) that mature later...
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    (kusala) karma, which leads to a good result, and avoiding unwholesome (akusala) karma. A common list of good karmas taught by the Buddha is the list of...
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  • action)," either as good & meritorious (;kusala or bad & detrimental (;akusala). Hence "retribution (kamma˚;), reward or punishment. See on term e. g...
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    and perfect them. This is called right effort. The unwholesome states (akusala) are described in the Buddhist texts are related to thoughts, emotions...
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    lower realms is considered to be the result of relatively unwholesome (akuśala/akusala), or bad (pāpa) karma, while rebirth in the higher realms the result...
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  • stands for strenuous and sustained effort to overcome unskillful ways (akusala dhamma), such as indulging in sensuality, ill will and harmfulness (see...
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  • Then recklessness does not fear the danger of akusala, it does not care about the consequences of akusala. The Abhidharma-samuccaya states: What is anapatrapya...
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  • (to act) The unwholesome mental factors (akusala cetasikas) accompany the unwholesome consciousnesses (akusala citta). The fourteen unwholesome mental...
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