Alternate Translations
The term kleshas has been translated into English as:
- Afflictions
- Mental afflictions
- Mental disturbances
- Afflictive emotions
- Conditioning factors
- Destructive emotions
- Defiled emotions
- Defilements
- Dissonant emotions
- Disturbing emotions
- Negative emotions
- Dissonant mental states
- Kleshas
- Passions
- Poisons
- Mind poisons
- Worldly desires
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