วิจิกิจฉา(wí-jì-gìt-chăa)
Meanings
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skeptical doubt (Buddhism)
in Buddhism, the state of skeptical doubt or uncertainty, especially regarding the teachings of the Buddha.
Examples
เมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)เริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toศึกษาsèuk-săaศึกษาsèuk-săa1[to] study; learn2[to] research; investigate3[to] consider; look intoธรรมะtam-máธรรมะtam-má1righteousness; moral law2Dhamma talk; sermon3Dhamma; Buddhist teachingsใหม่ๆmài màiใหม่ๆmài mài1recently; just; newly2very new; brand-new3fresh; just-made/just-picked4at first; initiallyเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoความkwaamความkwaam1abstract noun prefix2fact; matter; affair (formal)วิจิกิจฉาwí-jì-gìt-chăaวิจิกิจฉาwí-jì-gìt-chăaskeptical doubt (Buddhism)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)คำสอนkam sŏnคำสอนkam sŏn1teaching; instruction; admonition2doctrine; set of teachings3moral (of a story)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainบ้างbâangบ้างbâang1sometimes; occasionally2plural/variety marker (after question/request)3somewhat; at least a little4some; any (unspecified, small set)
When he first started studying the Dhamma, he still had some skeptical doubt about the teachings.