The purification of affliction.

The purification of affliction (saṃkleśa).

A term meaning purity or purification and broadly referring to the process of purifying the mind of what obscures it in order to attain spiritual awakening. It is often paired with its opposite saṃkleśa, meaning “pollution.”

Another term for nirvāṇa, this is the counterpart of “defilement.”

The purification of affliction.

The process of liberation from saṃsāra through the application of the path.

A term meaning purity or purification and broadly referring to the process of purifying the mind of what obscures it in order to attain spiritual awakening. It is often paired with its opposite saṃkleśa, rendered here as “defilement.”

The opposite of “totally afflicted.”