The Kleshas Phenomena

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Kleshas (Sanskrit: क्लेश, romanized: kleśa; Pali: किलेस kilesa; Standard Tibetan: ཉོན་མོངས། nyon mongs), Kleshas include states of mind such as anxiety, fear, anger, jealousy, desire, depression, etc. Contemporary translators use a variety of English words to translate the term kleshas, such as: afflictions, defilements, destructive emotions, disturbing emotions, negative emotions, mind poisons, and neuroses. To understand how the delusions have arisen, it is helpful to understand the primary and secondary causes and their contributing factors. If we know what these are, then we will know what we need to do to work with those causes and conditions. The word "defilement" drib pa in Tibetan means veil, suggesting that there is something between you and insight/knowledge that you have to remove. Buddhism would say that most our problems as human beings have their origin in our emotional tendencies and dispositions therefore in order to gain some level of freedom from these kleshas it is incumbent that we at least have a rudimentary understanding of what Kleshas are and how they manifest. Bio: Ringu Tulku Rinpoche was Born in Kham, Eastern Tibet in 1952, Ringu Tulku is a Tibetan Buddhist teacher whose scholarship, fluent English, and entertaining, responsive teachingstyle have become popular among students of Buddhism throughout the world.Ringu Tulku was recognised by His Holiness the sixteenth Gyalwang Karmapa as the incarnation of one of the tulkus of Ringu monastery, a Kagyüpa monastery. He was trained in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. In particular he studied with some of the most distinguished masters of the Nyingma and Kagyü traditions, including Thrangu Rinpoche, Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentsé Rinpoche and the Gyalwang Karmapa. He was also a close disciple of Khenpo Tsöndrü.He took his formal education at Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok and Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi, India and has served as Professor of Tibetology in Sikkim for 17 years. His doctoral thesis was on the Ecumenical Movement in Tibet. In 1975 he was awarded the title of Khenpo, and in 1983 the title of Lopön Chenpo (Great Master).