Auddhatya
Auddhatya is a Buddhist term that is translated as "excitement", "restlessness", etc. In the Theravada tradition, uddhacca is defined as a mental factor that is characterized by disquietude, like water whipped by the wind. In the Mahayana tradition, auddhatya is defined as a mental factor that causes our mind to fly off from an object and recollect something else.
Auddhatya is identified as:
- One of the fourteen unwholesome mental factors within the Theravada Abhidharma teachings
- One of the twenty secondary unwholesome factors within the Mahayana Abhidharma teachings
- One of the five hindrances to meditation
- One of the five faults or obstacles to shamatha meditation within the Mahayana teachings.
- One of the ten fetters in the Theravada tradition
Explanations
Theravada
Bhikkhu Bodhi states:In the Visuddhimagga gives the following definition of uddhacca:
Nina van Gorkom explains:
Mahayana
The Abhidharma-samuccaya states:Mipham Rinpoche states:
Alexander Berzin explains:
B. Allan Wallace states:
Alternate translations
- Agitation
- Ebullience
- Excitation
- Excitement
- Flightiness of mind
- Restlessness