- ཟག་པ་མེད་པ།
- ཟག་མེད།
- zag pa med pa
- zag med
- anāsrava
- Term
Literally, “to flow” or “to ooze.” Mental defilements or contaminations that “flow out” toward the objects of cyclic existence, binding us to them.
The absence of contaminants. See the entry for “contaminated.”
- uncontaminated
- ཟག་པ་མེད་པ།
- zag pa med pa
- anāsrava
Free from the contaminations; see “contaminated.”
- undefiled
- ཟག་པ་མེད་པ།
- ཟག་མེད།
- zag pa med pa
- zag med
- anāsrava
Having an association with a state of purity (particularly mental purity) and therefore not leading to further negativity and/or pain.
One who is no longer under the influence of the “intoxicants” (āsrava), of which there are sometimes said to be four: “lust” (kāma), “becoming” (bhava), “ignorance” (avidyā), and “views” (dṛṣṭi)