三さん毒どく

noun

three poisons; three kleshas

Buddhist term for the three fundamental mental afflictions: greed (貪), anger (瞋), and ignorance (痴). Often explained as the root causes of suffering.

See also: 煩悩

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、三さん毒どくが人にん間げんの苦くるしみの根こん本ぽん原げん因いんとされる。

  In Buddhism, the three poisons are considered the root cause of human suffering.

• 三さん毒どくを断たつことが悟さとりへの道みちだと言いわれる。

  It is said that cutting off the three poisons is the path to enlightenment.