Translations of raga | |
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English | greed, sensuality, desire, attachment or excitement for sensory objects, lust, sexual desire, passion |
Sanskrit | राग (rāga) |
Pali | රාග (rāga) |
Burmese | လောဘ (ရာဂ) |
Chinese | 貪 (T) / 贪 (S) |
Japanese | 貪 ( Rōmaji: ton) |
Khmer | រាគៈ, រាគ, លោភៈ, លោភ ( UNGEGN: Réakeăk, Réak, Loŭpheăk, Loŭp) |
Korean | 탐 ( RR: tam) |
Tibetan | འདོད་ཆགས་ ( Wylie: ‘dod chags; THL: döchak) |
Thai | ราคะ ( RTGS: rakha) |
Vietnamese | Tham 貪 |
Glossary of Buddhism |
Raga ( Sanskrit: राग, IAST: rāga; Pali rāga; Tibetan: 'dod chags) is a Buddhist and Hindu concept of character affliction or poison referring to any form of "greed, sensuality, lust, desire" or "attachment to a sensory object". [1] [2] [3] Raga is represented in the Buddhist artwork (Sanskrit: bhāvacakra) as the bird or rooster. In Hinduism, it is one of the five Kleshas or poisons that afflict the soul. In Buddhism, Raga is identified in the following contexts: [4]
Rāga literally means 'color or hue' in Sanskrit. In Buddhist texts as a form of blemish, personal impurity or fundamental character affliction. [5] [6] The term Raga also refers to a melodic mode in Indian music.
As a Buddhist philosophical concept, the term refers to 'greed, sensuality, desire' or 'attachment to a sensory object'. [1] It includes any form of desire including sexual desire and sensual passion, as well as attachments to, excitement over and pleasure derived from objects of the senses. [5] Some scholars render it as 'craving'. [7]
Raga is one of three poisons and afflictions, also called the "threefold fires" in Buddhist Pali canon, [8] that prevents a being from reaching nirvana. [9] [10] To extinguish all raga (greed, lust, desire, attachment) is one of the requirements of nirvana (liberation) in Buddhism. [8]
The Abhidharma-samuccaya states:
Raga is said to arise from the identification of the self as being separate from everything else. [11] This mis-perception or misunderstanding is referred to as avidya (ignorance).
Translations of raga | |
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English | greed, sensuality, desire, attachment or excitement for sensory objects, lust, sexual desire, passion |
Sanskrit | राग (rāga) |
Pali | රාග (rāga) |
Burmese | လောဘ (ရာဂ) |
Chinese | 貪 (T) / 贪 (S) |
Japanese | 貪 ( Rōmaji: ton) |
Khmer | រាគៈ, រាគ, លោភៈ, លោភ ( UNGEGN: Réakeăk, Réak, Loŭpheăk, Loŭp) |
Korean | 탐 ( RR: tam) |
Tibetan | འདོད་ཆགས་ ( Wylie: ‘dod chags; THL: döchak) |
Thai | ราคะ ( RTGS: rakha) |
Vietnamese | Tham 貪 |
Glossary of Buddhism |
Raga ( Sanskrit: राग, IAST: rāga; Pali rāga; Tibetan: 'dod chags) is a Buddhist and Hindu concept of character affliction or poison referring to any form of "greed, sensuality, lust, desire" or "attachment to a sensory object". [1] [2] [3] Raga is represented in the Buddhist artwork (Sanskrit: bhāvacakra) as the bird or rooster. In Hinduism, it is one of the five Kleshas or poisons that afflict the soul. In Buddhism, Raga is identified in the following contexts: [4]
Rāga literally means 'color or hue' in Sanskrit. In Buddhist texts as a form of blemish, personal impurity or fundamental character affliction. [5] [6] The term Raga also refers to a melodic mode in Indian music.
As a Buddhist philosophical concept, the term refers to 'greed, sensuality, desire' or 'attachment to a sensory object'. [1] It includes any form of desire including sexual desire and sensual passion, as well as attachments to, excitement over and pleasure derived from objects of the senses. [5] Some scholars render it as 'craving'. [7]
Raga is one of three poisons and afflictions, also called the "threefold fires" in Buddhist Pali canon, [8] that prevents a being from reaching nirvana. [9] [10] To extinguish all raga (greed, lust, desire, attachment) is one of the requirements of nirvana (liberation) in Buddhism. [8]
The Abhidharma-samuccaya states:
Raga is said to arise from the identification of the self as being separate from everything else. [11] This mis-perception or misunderstanding is referred to as avidya (ignorance).