三さん善ぜん根ごん

noun

three wholesome roots

Buddhist term for the three roots of good conduct: non-covetousness, non-anger, and non-delusion. Often contrasted with the three unwholesome roots (三不善根).

• 三さん善ぜん根ごんは、貪むさぼり・怒いかり・愚おろかさを離はなれた心こころの状じょう態たいを指さす。

  The three wholesome roots refer to mental states free from greed, anger, and delusion.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、三さん善ぜん根ごんを育そだてることが修しゅ行ぎょうの基き本ほんとされる。

  In Buddhism, cultivating the three wholesome roots is considered fundamental to practice.