Instructions of Gampopa, Ten Deviations

MDL Post-Applied

Deviation into increase in…

  • Descriptiveness
    great intelligence, little faith
  • Fixedness
    great faith, little insight
  • Listlessness
    great diligence, little pointers
  • Dullness
    great rest, little study
  • Jadedness
    great study, little hearer*
  • Pratyeka
    great hearer, little compassion
  • Samsara
    great compassion, little wisdom
  • Mundane Accomplishment
    not defeating eight worldly dhammas
  • Slavery
    public <interest|fame>
  • Instability
    middling accomplishment, unvalenced wisdom (anatta -> shunyata)

Eight Worldly Dhammas

  • <[to]gain[ed]|[to]lose[d]>
  • <[to]exaggerate[d]|[to]denigrate[d]>
  • <[to]approve[d]|[to]disapprove[d]>
  • <[to]please[d]|[to]pain[ed]>

* Shravaka