อาสวกิเลส(aa-sà-wá gì-lèt)

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deep-seated defilements; mental taints (Buddhism)

In Buddhism, deep-rooted mental defilements, called āsava, that stain the mind and keep people in suffering. There are four: sensual desire (kāmāsava), desire for existence (bhavāsava), wrong views (diṭṭhāsava), and ignorance (avijjāsava).

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