Character Improvement 
The 108 Defilements of Buddhism
I created this page to help me and my readers explore the meaning of the 108 defilements mentioned in buddhist literature. Due to my studies with the virtues and vices (check out my free ebook: "Inner Medicine") it seemed to me that the 108 might not be arbitary but perhaps had an inner logic reflecting reality. If you have any information regarding them then please let me know. Also if you have a website that deals with the 108 defilements let me know and I will put it up here.| ostentatiousness | grudge | gambling | ingratitude |
| dipsomania | ambition | dominance | faithlessness |
| manipulation | stinginess | pessimism | hostility |
| abuse | debasement | sexual lust | sarcasm |
| humiliation | jealousy | gluttony | unruliness |
| hurt | cruelty | unkindness | laziness |
| envy | indifference | negativity | furtiveness |
| sadism | enviousness | derision | falseness |
| high-handedness | know-it-all | rage | aggression |
| rapacity | effrontery | disrespectfulness | hard-heartedness |
| eagerness for power | lying | insidiousness | self-denial |
| inattentiveness | contempt | wrath | haughtiness |
| greed for money | seducement | vindictiveness | insatiability |
| voluptuousness | excessiveness | censoriousness | dissatisfaction |
| egoism | ignorance | hatred | greed |
| impudence | imposture | cursing | imperiousness |
| lecherousness | callousness | malignancy | torment |
| intolerance | blasphemy | shamelessness | irresponsibility |
| obsession | prejudice | arrogance | violent temper |
| garrulity | dogmatism | presumption | intransigence |
| oppression | prodigality | lack of comprehension | obstinacy |
| pride | conceitedness | delusion | quarrelsomeness |
| self-hatred | violence | vanity | hypocrisy |
| stubbornness | baseness | pretence | mercilessness |
| disrespect | ridicule | masochism | tyranny |
| capriciousness | deceit | anger | discord |
| calculation | unyielding | desire for fame | deception |
Credit for the above list to the creator: Stefan Laug
silent-light.de/projects/DIE_108_VERGEHEN.html
Links about the 108 Defilements
| Purifymind.com.. | 108 feelings |
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