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mental afflictions (bonnō 煩惱)

S. kleśa. Unhealthy states of mind that vitiate all actions and are the root causes of suffering. The three principle afflictions are greed/desire/craving (ton 貪), anger /hatred (jin 瞋), and delusion/ignorance/stupidity (chi 癡).