Āśraddhya (Sanskrit; Tibetan phonetic: ''trel mepa'') is a

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term that is translated as "lack of faith", "lack of trust", etc. In the Mahayana tradition, ''Āśraddhya'' is defined as a mental factor that is characterized by a lack of trust, interest, or desire for wholesome things.Guenther (1975), Kindle Locations 962-963.Kunsang (2004), p. 28. Āśraddhya is identified as: * One of the twenty secondary unwholesome factors within the Mahayana Abhidharma teachings.

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The Abhidharma-samuccaya states: :What is lack of trust (Āśhraddhya)? It is the mind associated with the category bewilderment erring ( moha) which does not have deep conviction, has lack of trust, and has no desire for things positive. It provides the basis for laziness ( kausidya). Mipham Rinpoche states: :Lack of faith (Āśhraddhya) belongs to the category of delusion ( moha). It is to not be interested in what is true and virtuous. It forms the support for laziness ( kausidya). Alexander Berzin explains: :Disbelieving a fact (Āśhraddhya; Tibetan: ma-dad-pa) is a part of naivety ( moha) which has three forms that are contrary to the three forms of believing a fact to be true. :* Disbelieving a fact that is based on reason, such as disbelieving behavioral cause and effect. :*Disbelieving a fact, such as the good qualities of the Three Jewels of Refuge, such that it causes our mind to become muddied with disturbing emotions and attitudes making us unhappy. :*Disbelieving a fact, such as the existence of the possibility for us to attain liberation, such that we have no interest in it and no aspiration to attain it.Berzin (2006)

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* Berzin, Alexander (2006)
''Mind and Mental Factors: The Fifty-one Types of Subsidiary Awareness''
* Bhikkhu Bodhi (2003), ''A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma'', Pariyatti Publishing * Guenther, Herbert V. & Leslie S. Kawamura (1975), ''Mind in Buddhist Psychology: A Translation of Ye-shes rgyal-mtshan's "The Necklace of Clear Understanding"'' Dharma Publishing. Kindle Edition. * Kunsang, Erik Pema (translator) (2004). ''Gateway to Knowledge, Vol. 1''. North Atlantic Books. * Nina van Gorkom (2010)
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Mahayana tradition:
Ranjung Yeshe wiki entry for ''ma dad pa''
Unwholesome factors in Buddhism Sanskrit words and phrases

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