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Tibetan: བག་མེད་པ་
Tibetan (Wylie): bag med pa
Tibetan (phonetics): bak mé pa
English term: Heedlessness
Alternative: Carelessness
English Definition: Heedlessness is a form of laziness derived from attachment, anger, or ignorance, that prevents one from engaging in wholesome deeds and protecting the mind from unwholesome states. It functions as a support for the growth of unwholesome states and the decline of wholesome states. Vasubandhu classifies it as a mental factor within the six root afflictions, while Asanga classifies it within the 20 secondary afflictions.
Spanish: Negligencia