Āśraddhya
Āśraddhya is a Buddhist 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.
Āśraddhya is identified as:
- One of the twenty secondary unwholesome factors within the Mahayana Abhidharma teachings.
Definitions
The Abhidharma-samuccaya states:Mipham Rinpoche states:
Alexander Berzin explains: