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The '''Three poisons''' or in [[Sanskrit]] either ''triviṣa'' or ''triklesha'',  in [[Tibetan]] ''dug gsum'', is an expression from [[Buddhism]] and Tibetan medicine that refers to the most common [[emotion]]al - [[mental]] [[affliction]]s that beings experience.  

The '''Three poisons''' or in [[Sanskrit]] either ''triviṣa'' or ''triklesha'',  in [[Tibetan]] ''dug gsum'', is an expression from [[Buddhism]], [[Ayurvedic medicine]] and Tibetan medicine that refers to the most common [[emotion]]al - [[mental]] [[affliction]]s that beings experience.  

They are featured in the center of the archetypal Tibetan [[Buddhist]] tangkha painting called the Wheel of Life and there are represented as a [[pig]], [[snake]] and [[bird]] representing [[ignorance]], [[anger]] and desire.

They are featured in the center of the archetypal Tibetan [[Buddhist]] tangkha painting called the Wheel of Life and there are represented as a [[pig]], [[snake]] and [[bird]] representing [[ignorance]], [[anger]] and desire.

The trivisha or triklesha are variously explained as:

The trivisha or triklesha are variously explained as:

# [[Greed]] - desire - [[lust]] - [[attachment]]. Related to wind element, as in "winds of desire"

# [[Greed]] - desire - [[lust]] - [[attachment]]: Vata dosha in Ayurvedic medicine. Related to wind element, as in "winds of desire"

# [[Anger]] - [[hate]] - related to fire element

# [[Anger]] - [[hate]]: Pitta dosha, related to fire element

# [[Ignorance]] or stupidity - related to earth element

# [[Ignorance]] or stupidity: Kapha dosha - related to earth element

==Alternate translation==

==Alternate Translation==

* 'destructive emotions'

* 'destructive emotions'

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[[Category : Buddhism]]

[[Category : Buddhism]]

[[Category : Indian Philosophy]]

[[Category : Indian Philosophy]]