Upanāha (Sanskrit; Tibetan phonetic: ''khön du dzinpa'') is a
Buddhist
Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...
term translated as "resentment" or "enmity". It is defined as clinging to an intention to cause harm, and withholding forgiveness.
[Guenther (1975), Kindle Locations 874-875.][Kunsang (2004), p. 27.] It is one of the twenty subsidiary unwholesome
mental factors
Mental factors ( sa, चैतसिक, caitasika or ''chitta samskara'' ; pi, cetasika; Tibetan: སེམས་བྱུང ''sems byung''), in Buddhism, are identified within the teachings of the Abhidhamma (Buddhist psychology). They are d ...
within the Mahayana
Abhidharma
The Abhidharma are ancient (third century BCE and later) Buddhist texts which contain detailed scholastic presentations of doctrinal material appearing in the Buddhist ''sutras''. It also refers to the scholastic method itself as well as the f ...
teachings.
The
Abhidharma-samuccaya states:
:What is resentment? It is not letting go of an obsession which develops through association with the anger which underlies it. Its function is to be the basis of non-endurance.
Alan Wallace described upanāha as "a lingering holding of anger (Sanskrit:
krodha)".
See also
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Mental factors (Buddhism)
Mental factors ( sa, चैतसिक, caitasika or ''chitta samskara'' ; pi, cetasika; Tibetan: སེམས་བྱུང ''sems byung''), in Buddhism, are identified within the teachings of the Abhidhamma (Buddhist psychology). They are d ...
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External links
Ranjung Yeshe wiki entry for '' 'khon_du_'dzin_pa''
Unwholesome factors in Buddhism
Sanskrit words and phrases