--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote:
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> Steve,
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> Yes, I am interested in chatting about these ancient Buddhist
> personality temperaments and their application to practice.
>
> --ED
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> "... the Buddhist personality types, a 1,600-year old system of typology
> set forth in the Visuddhimagga, or "The Path of Purification,"
> which summarizes and interprets the teachings in the Pali canon.
>
> One of the principal non-canonical works, the Visuddhimagga was composed
> eight centuries after the Buddha's death and has been attributed to
> Buddhaghosa, the great fifth century Theravada commentator.
>
> The discussion of Buddhist personality types arises in the chapter on
> choosing a meditation object on which to focus during concentration
> practice; the types are described as part of Buddhaghosa's
> commentary on the canonical text that explains that a teacher should
> give instructions that "suit the temperament" of the student.
>
> The Visuddhimagga offers descriptions of six personality temperaments:
> three unwholesome types and three wholesome types. The text suggests
> that the unwholesome and wholesome types "parallel" each other.
>
> The modern-day application of the personality-type system focuses
> primarily on the three unwholesome types and pairs them with their
> positive attributes.
>
> The three types of Buddhist personalities, paired with their positive
> tendencies, are Greed/Faith, Aversive/Discerning Wisdom, and
> Deluded/Speculative.
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> The Greed/Faith personality type is characterized by craving and
> optimism, the Aversive/Discerning type by criticism and clarity, and the
> Deluded/Speculative type by doubt and equanimity.
>
> Each type has its neurotic tendencies and its awakened tendencies, and
> the spiritual task is to learn how to strengthen the awakened aspects."
>
> http://www.tricycle.com/feature/which-buddhist-personality-type-are-you
> <http://www.tricycle.com/feature/which-buddhist-personality-type-are-you\
> >
> Hi ED. LOL! You are a man who obviously knows how to research
topics online! Tell me, did you take the Tricycle Test? And if
you did, what type are you?
Steve
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