Chanda (Buddhism)

Translations of
Chanda
Englishintention,
interest,
desire to act,
aspiration
Sanskritछन्दः
Palichanda
Chinese欲(T) / 欲(S)
Japanese[1]
(Rōmaji: Yoku)
Korean
(RR: yok)
Tibetanའདུན་པ།
(Wylie: 'dun pa;
THL: dünpa
)
Glossary of Buddhism

Chanda (Sanskrit, Pali; Tibetan: ‘dun pa) is translated as "intention", "interest", or "desire to act".[2] Chanda is identified within the Buddhist Abhidharma teachings as follows:

  • One of the six occasional mental factors in the Theravada Abhidhamma; in this tradition, chanda is a factor that can have positive or negative result depending upon the mental factors that it is co-joined with.
  • One of the Ten mahā-bhūmika in Sarvastivada Abhidharma.
  • One of the five object-determining mental factors in the Mahayana Abhidharma; that is a factor that grasps the specification of the object.
  • One of the eight antidotes applied to overcome obstacles in Samatha meditation within the Mahayana tradition.
  1. ^ Kaji Tetsuya (2020). "On the Desire (chanda) in the Sarvāstivāda". Journal of Abhidharma Studies. 1. doi:10.34501/abhidharmastudies.1.0_45.
  2. ^ Gethin 2001, p. 83.

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