defilement in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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defilement [Brit dɪˈfʌɪlm(ə)nt, Am dəˈfaɪlmənt] N liter

Translations for defilement in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

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This primordial nature is clear light, unproduced and unchanging, free from all defilements.
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These various defilements are traditionally summed up as greed, hatred and delusion.
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This leads to cutting off the defilements, realizing the dhamma and, finally, self-awakening.
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But in reality, those mental defilements are nothing more than taints that have afflicted the mind, creating suffering and stress.
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Death and everything having to do with it are seen as a primary source of defilement.
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Religious acts presuppose some degree of impurity or defilement for the practitioner, which must be overcome or neutralised before or during ritual procedures.
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Because of this mixture the transformation of consciousness from defilement to purity can take place and awakening is possible.
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The store consciousness, while being originally immaculate in itself, contains a mysterious mixture of purity and defilement, good and evil.
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The high priest had to abstain from ritual defilement.
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This process needs to be repeated for each and every defilement.
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