不善

Readings

Pinyin: bùshàn

Wade-Giles: pu-shan

Hangul: 불선

Korean MC: bulseon

Korean MR: pulsŏn

Katakana: フゼン

Hepburn: fuzen

bất thiện

unwholesome

• Wrong, harmful; morally negative; harmful to present and future life. In most cases, synonymous with 惡 and more technically, 惡性 (Skt. akuśala, pāpa, dus-; Tib. mi dge ba; Pāli akusala). In the Abhidharmakośa-bhāṣya it tends to often be associated with the production of desire. Refers especially to incorrect actions, which incur negative results — 惡業. Cf. 十惡, etc. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD, YBh-Ind]
• Unskillful, clumsy. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
• (Skt. asat, aśubha; akalyāṇa, akuśalam...karma, akuśalaṃkaukṛtyam, agha, anārya, ayoniśas, avirati, asādhu, ku-, kuprayukta, kliṣṭa, duṣkṛta, duṣprasādhita) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 906

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 66b/73

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1167b

Fo Guang Dictionary, 994

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0056

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)4422b,15c,1581a,2946a

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1528-3

Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 66b/73

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