Faithlessness ☁️ dark quality View in explorer
3 discourses
An absence of confidence in the path and its fruits. The mind remains unconvinced, unable to commit energy or trust to practice. This inner hesitancy stalls progress and leaves one adrift without direction.
Also known as: lack of confidence, lack of conviction, disbelief, cynicism
Pāli: assadha
The Buddha distinguishes pleasant abidings in the here and now from the way of effacement leading upwards to complete quenching. Effacement is shown as the gradual chipping away of defilements through restraint, cultivation of the noble eightfold path, and diligent training, culminating in the complete freedom of Nibbāna.
The Buddha explains seven principles that lead to the decline of a lay follower and seven principles that lead to non-decline.
The Buddha explains seven principles that lead to the misfortune of a lay follower and seven principles that lead to success.