กิเลส

gì-lêt

Meanings

1NounB2

defilements (Buddhist)

Mental impurities that cloud the mind, especially greed, hatred, and delusion; the causes of suffering in Buddhism.

Examples

ครูสอนkruu sŏnครูสอนkruu sŏn[to] teach (used after subject ‘teacher’)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeกิเลสgì-lêtกิเลสgì-lêt1defilements (Buddhist)2base desire; cravingอย่างyàangอย่างyàang1kind; type; sort2manner; way3in the manner of; -ly4classifier (for kinds/types)โลภlôhpโลภlôhp1greedy; covetous2[to] be greedy; covetโกรธgròhtโกรธgròht1[to] be angry (at/with/about)2angry; madหลงlŏngหลงlŏng1[to] be lost; lose one’s way2[to] be infatuated; besotted3[to] be mistaken; deludedทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveให้ใจhâi jaiให้ใจhâi jai1[to] be supportive; show loyalty2[to] open your heart to [sb]; be emotionally investedขุ่นมัวkùn muuaขุ่นมัวkùn muua1cloudy; murky; turbid2moody; sullen; upsetและláeและláeand (coordinating)ทุกข์túkทุกข์túk1suffering; misery; distress2[to] suffer; be in distress
The teacher taught that defilements such as greed, anger, and delusion cloud the mind and cause suffering.
2NounB2

base desire; craving

An unwholesome desire or craving that pulls one away from virtue or self-control.

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyเห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asของลดราคาkŏng lót raa-kaaของลดราคาkŏng lót raa-kaasale item; discounted itemฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเผลอplĕrเผลอplĕr1careless; inadvertent; off-guard2[to] do unintentionally; be off-guard and [to] let slip3by accident; inadvertently; without noticingซื้อséuซื้อséu1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingกิเลสgì-lêtกิเลสgì-lêt1defilements (Buddhist)2base desire; cravingทั้งที่táng têeทั้งที่táng têe1although; even though2despite; in spite ofไม่จำเป็นmâi jam bpenไม่จำเป็นmâi jam bpen1unnecessary; not necessary2not necessarily
When I see discounts, I end up buying out of craving, even though it’s unnecessary.

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