75. Kilesa Duka:
(i) (1235). What are the dhamma which are defilements?
There are ten defilements, namely, greed, hatred, bewilderment, conceit, wrong view, uncertainty, sloth, restlessness, not being ashamed (to do evil), not being afraid (to do evil).
(1236). Of those (ten defilements), what is greed?
There are: attachment, strong attachment, fawning, compliance, delight, intense delight, strong attachment of the mind, longing, infatuation, being completely overwhelmed by greed, greed, wanting everything, clinging, the mire of desire, seduction (towards new existences), wile, leading beings to ills and sufferings of existences, causing beings to arise in the round of rebirths, binding beings to successive existences, net of sensual objects, rapid current of suffering, poisonous force, a rope binding beings to worthless endeavour, pervading desire for sense objects, endeavouring to attain sense-objects, a pleasant companion in every existence, hankering after, leading to existences, a jungle, a thick jungle, intimate relationship, lust, favourable regard, entanglement in various sense-objects.
Craving for sense-objects, having craving, being full of craving, craving for attractive objects, craving for pleasant sound, craving for pleasant odour, craving for pleasant taste, craving for pleasant tangible objects, craving for gain, craving for wealth, craving for offspring, craving for life.
Asserting one's right, repeatedly asserting one's right, strongly asserting one's right, assertion of one's right, making an assertion of one's right, assertiveness of one's right.
Excessive greed for sense-objects, having excessive greed for sense-objects, being full of excessive greed sense-objects, being excited with desire (like a dog wagging its tail), longing for pleasant objects, passion for improper objects (such as incestuous longing), inordinate greed, liking an object, having liking for an object, longing for an object, fondness for an object, intense longing for an object.
Craving for sense pleasures, craving for existence, craving for non-existence, craving for existence in the Fine Material Sphere, craving for existence in the Non-material Sphere, craving for cessation of existence, craving for the visible object, craving for sound, craving for odour, craving for taste, craving for tangible objects, craving for mind-object.
The whirlpool (of existences), the yoke (of existences), the bond (of existences), clinging, obstruction (to meritorious dhamma), hindrance, concealing (the true dhamma), binding (beings to ills and sufferings of existence), impurities, defilements that have not been completely dispelled, upsurge of greed, entwining like a creeper, desiring all kinds of objects, root cause of ills and sufferings of existence, cause of ills and sufferings of existence, source of ills and sufferings of existence, snare of Mara, fish-hook of Mara, domain of Mara, river of craving, covetousness, greed, the root cause of demeritoriousness.
~This is called greed.
(1237). Of those (ten defilements), what is called hatred?
Animosity arises (at the thought) 'that something disadvantageous to me has been done', 'that something disadvantageous to me is being done', 'that something disadvantageous to me will be done'; animosity arises (at the thought) 'that something disadvantageous to one I esteem and love has been done' ...p... being done ...p... will be done'. Besides, animosity also arises without any cause.
There are in mind such animosity, strong animosity, hostility, antagonism, indignation, strong indignation, extreme indignation, hatred, strong hatred, extreme hatred, getting upset, getting extremely upset, anger, feeling of anger, being giving to anger, hatred, having hatred, being giving to hatred, being upset, getting upset, being prone to getting upset, opposition, repeated opposition, rudeness, incoherent speech, losing one's temper.
~This is called hatred.
(1238). Of those (ten defilements), what is bewilderment?
There are: ignorance of dukkha, ignorance of the cause of dukkha, ignorance of the practice leading to the cessation of dukkha, ignorance of past existences, ignorance of future existences, ignorance of (both) past and future existences, ignorance of the relation between cause and effect (as set out) in the Theory of Cause and Effect, Paticcasamuppada.
~This is called bewilderment.
(1239). Of those (ten defilements), what is called conceit?
There are conceit that 'I am superior', conceit that 'I am equal', conceit that 'I am inferior'.
There are such conceit, having conceit, being conceited, haughtiness, thinking highly of oneself, thinking loftily of oneself, being puffed up, a mind with utmost vanity.
~This is called conceit.
(1240). of those (ten defilements), what is wrong view?
There are: the wrong view that 'the world (i.e., the five aggregates) is eternal', or that 'the world is not eternal'; that 'the world is finite', or the 'the world is infinite'; that 'the soul is the same as the body', or that 'the soul is one thing and the body; that 'a sentient being exists after death', or that 'a sentient being does not exist after death', or that ' a sentient being neither exists nor does not exist after death'.
There is such wrong view, wrong view of that nature, the thicket of wrong view, the wilderness of wrong view, the thorny spike of wrong view, the inconsistency of wrong view, the fetter of wrong view, obsession with wrong view, persistent obsession with wrong view, adherence to wrong view, misconception which is wrong view, detestable path, wrong course, wrongness, base of wrong view, tenacity of wrong view.
~This is called the fetter of wrong view.
(1241). of those (ten defilements), what is uncertainty?
There are: doubt and uncertainty about the Teacher, doubt and uncertainty about the Dhamma, doubt and uncertainty about the Samgha, doubt and uncertainty about the Practice (of sila, samadhi, panna), doubt and uncertainty about past existences, doubt and uncertainty about future existences, doubt and uncertainty about (both) past and future existences, doubt and uncertainty about the relation between cause and effect (as set out) in the Theory of Cause and Effect (Paticcasamuppada).
There are: such doubt, being doubtful, the fact of being doubtful, perplexity, uncertainty, being in two minds, indecisiveness, inability to make up the mind, inability to come to a definite decision, vacillation, hesitation, wavering, mental stiffness caused by indecision, vexation of the mind.
~This is called uncertainty.
(1242). Of those (ten defilements), what is sloth (thina)?
There are: indisposition of mind, unpreparedness of mind for good action, sluggishness of mind, stolidity of mind, inertia of mind, inertness of mind, being inert, sloth, being slothful, slothfulness of mind.
~This is called sloth.
(1243). Of those (ten defilements), what is restlessness (uddhacca)?
There are restlessness of mind, lack of calm, distraction of mind and shakiness of mind.
~This is called restlessness.
(1244). Of those (ten defilements), what is having no shame (to do evil)?
That which is not being ashamed to do the deeds of evilness of which ought to cause shame, not being ashamed to commit evil demeritorious deeds.
~This is called having no shame (to do evil).
(1245). Of those (ten defilements), what is having no fear (to do evil)?
That which is not being afraid to do the deeds of evilness of which ought to arouse fear, not being afraid to commit evil demeritorious deeds.
~This is called having no fear (to do evil).
~These are the dhamma which are defilements.
(i) (1565). What are the dhamma which are defilements?
There are: ten defilements, namely, greed, hatred, bewilderment, conceit, wrong view, uncertainty, sloth, restlessness, not being ashamed (to do evil), not being afraid (to do evil).
Greed arises in eight thoughts associated with greed. hatred arises in two thoughts associated with distress. Bewilderment arises in all demeritorious thoughts. Conceit arises in four thoughts associated with greed but not associated with wrong view. Wrong view arises in four thoughts associated with wrong view. Uncertainty arises in the thought associated with uncertainty. Sloth arises in promted demeritorious thoughts. Restlessness, not being ashamed (to do evil), and not being afraid (to do evil) arise in all demeritorious thoughts.
~These are the dhamma which are defilements.
